The Indian government says it is investigating a website that purported to offer Muslim women for sale, the second time in less than a year that a fake online auction of this kind has sparked outrage in the country.
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The website was created on GitHub, an American coding platform which developers use to build and host software. It was called"Bulli Bai," a phrase that combines vulgar slang for the word"penis" in southern India with a word common in northern India meaning"maid," according to Mohammed Zubair, co-founder of Indian fact-checking website Alt News.
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