The cyber cell of Maharashtra police has registered an FIR against an X user for allegedly uploading a ‘deepfake’ video of Bollywood actor Ranveer Singh appeared to be making an appeal to vote for the Congress.
The case has been registered based on complaint filed by the actor’s father, Jugjeet Singh Bhavnani, against the user @sujataindia1st.
It is worth mentioning here that the actor gave an interview to the media while he was in Varanasi to promote a fashion show and praised Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
In the real video, he was hear saying, “it is Modi ji’s purpose and goal to celebrate our rich culture, heritage, history, and legacy because we are moving ahead towards modernity very fast but we should never forget our roots, our cultural heritage.”
However, the user @sujataindia1st made a deepfake video of it in which the actor was heard saying, “Modi ji’s purpose and goal to celebrate our painful life, fear, and unemployment because we are moving ahead towards injustice but we should never stop asking for our development and justice, vote for justice, vote for Congress.”
Following this, the FIR has been registered under relevant Indian Penal Code sections, including 417 (cheating), 468 (forgery for the purpose of cheating) and 469 (forgery for the purpose of harming reputation), and provisions of the Information Technology Act.
Earlier Bollywood’s ‘perfectionist’ Aamir Khan’s fake advertisement by a political party went viral on the internet. The actor has filed an FIR with Mumbai Police against a fake Congress advertisement. The said advertisement has a deep fake video of Aamir created by artificial intelligence, and it targets the ruling BJP over their promise of Rs 15 lakh in the account of every citizen.
Ms Kalinga