Mitron app bought for ₹2600 from a Pakistani software company: Report

TikTok lookalike app -Mitron, which was launched recently in India and garnered unprecedented support has not been developed by an IIT student.

The app was rather bought from a Pakistani software developer company, Qboxus, News 18 reported.

According to Irfan Sheikh, founder and chief executive of Qboxus, his company sold the source code of their app to Mitron’s promoter for $34 (~Rs 2,600).

The app’s entire source code, including all its features and user interface, was developed by Qboxus.

Sheikh said to News 18: “We expect our customers to use our code and build something on their own. But Mitron’s developer has taken our exact product, changed the logo and uploaded it on their store.”