BHOPAL: Neeraj Bishnoi, the 20-year-old arrested as the creator of the Bulli Bai app, studies computer science at a tech institute in Ashta in Sehore district, around 70km from Bhopal. He was suspended on Thursday night. 

Police visited Vellore Institute of Technology (VIT) on Thursday to get his details, ASP Sameer Yadav told TOI. "Whatever information we have will be shared with Delhi Police," he said. Officials said Bishnoi took admission in BTech in September 2020 but never attended physical classes as everything has gone online due to the pandemic. He is now in his second-year.

News of Neeraj's arrest took VIT officials and students by surprise. Most of the students haven't met each other during the pandemic. Police contacted the VIT authorities in the morning and sought his details. A Sehore police team then went to the campus. "He is a second-year student of computer science at VIT Bhopal and is a native of Nagaur in Rajasthan. However, he was living in Assam for the past few years," said

As he never attended physical classes, he was not in touch with any student on the campus," he added.VIT registrar KK Nayar could not be contacted despite several efforts