Thread by @IndianExpress

Announcing the arrest of 25-year-old Anumkareshwar Thakur in the #Sullideals case on Sunday, Delhi Police said he was part of “trad” groups online.

#cybercrime

This is the first time a law enforcement agency has used the term, which has come to denote a group of individuals who are part of groups on Telegram, Reddit, 4chan and Discord devoted to targeting Dalits, Muslims and women.
#cybercrime

According to a senior officer, #AumkareshwarThakur told them that he was a member of ‘trad’ groups on Twitter and Telegram, following which they researched what it meant.

This is echoed by a 23-year-old student who is a member of several such groups: “Most members are upper caste… well read… and operate and interact only virtually. Talks often revolve around the shastras, ‘sanatan dharm’, Brahminical supremacy.”
#tradgroup

Several memes shared on the group, such as ‘Pepe the Frog’, and the language used draw heavily from the American alt-right, including the term #trad itself. Read more: indianexpress.com/article/cities…
#SulliDeal #cybercrime

“These incidents are very unfortunate. It is not a matter of Hindu or Muslim women. Communities of both religions need to come together and protect their women. These apps are not about hurting each other’s communities, but hurting #women..." NCW said indianexpress.com/article/india/…

The idea of #GitHub is this: any developer can upload whatever software code or app code or software idea they have on the platform, and have others collaborate with them to help improve it, find errors, and fix problems.

What is not allowed on #GitHub? indianexpress.com/article/explai…