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Ahmedabad, Gujarat: a 27-year-old Delhi man was arrested for posting AI-morphed obscene images and videos of a young woman and her mother (more than 100 images found) on fake accounts in her name after she declined his friendship, while posing as the friend reporting the fake accounts for her

On 28 May 2026 the Ahmedabad Cyber Crime Branch announced the arrest in north-east Delhi of a 27-year-old man who posts religious discourse videos online. Police allege that after meeting a young Ahmedabad woman with a public social-media profile through religious conversations on Instagram and being refused friendship, he stalked her online from December 2025 to April 2026, created fake accounts in her name (three Instagram accounts and a YouTube channel at first; eight to ten across X, Facebook, Instagram and YouTube were found on his phone), downloaded photographs of her and her mother, used websites found by searching "AI remove clothes" to generate morphed obscene images and videos of the two women, and posted them with obscene captions to damage her reputation; investigators say more than 100 AI-morphed images of the complainant were found. Officers told ThePrint and ANI that she had confided in him about the accounts and that he told her to keep quiet and claimed to be reporting the accounts and getting hers reinstated. She complained to the Cyber Crime Police Station; an FIR was registered on 6 April 2026 under BNS Sections 78(2) and 356(2) and IT Act Sections 66(C) and 67, and the accused was traced through technical surveillance and arrested under the Branch's "Mission Cyber Rakshika" campaign. The complainant said she was mentally harassed and defamed; the DCP said the images also depicted her maternal aunt. Further investigation was under way; no charge sheet or court outcome was found.

AI system
Unidentified image and video tool
Occurred
1 Dec 2025 to 6 Apr 2026
Reported
28 May 2026
Event location
India
What the AI did
Depicted or impersonated the person
Reported harm
Exploitation or AbusePsychological DistressReputational Harm
Whose AI use
Someone else’s AI use
Setting
Relationships · Privacy · Justice
Evidence
AI involvement supported · Causal attribution supported · 8 sources, 4 underlying accounts
5 claims: 5 reported. 6 open questions
People reported harmed
At least 2 people

AI system as recorded: Web-based AI "remove clothes" image-manipulation tools found via Google search (not named); used to morph photographs into obscene images and videos

What Happened

The Cyber Crime Branch statement, as quoted by the Indian Express, says the accused contacted the complainant through Instagram and engaged in religious conversations, asked her to develop a friendship, and after she refused stalked her online and created three fake Instagram IDs and a YouTube channel in her name using her photograph as the profile picture; he downloaded photographs of the complainant and her mother from her Instagram account, searched "AI Remove Clothes" on Google, uploaded the photographs to various websites, created morphed nude photographs and videos with AI tools and posted them on the fake IDs with obscene text. The Times of India, ETV Bharat and the IANS copy report the same statement: the period December 2025 to April 2026, eight to ten fake accounts across X, Facebook, Instagram and YouTube found in forensic examination of his phone, and more than 100 AI-morphed images made with various online tools. The Indian Express gives the FIR date (6 April) and says the accused was apprehended at his Delhi home a month and a half later; NDTV and Haribhoomi say the arrest was on Wednesday 27 May, and police announced it on Thursday 28 May. India Today quotes the Branch ACP that the complainant, described as a social-media influencer, reported fake Instagram accounts and over 100 AI-generated nude photos and videos of her and her mother, and that the posts caused deep mental trauma and public humiliation to both. ANI's report of the DCP's briefing on 29 May adds that the images also depicted the woman's maternal aunt, that the accused kept contacting her assuring her he would get her account reinstated, and that this went on for five to six months. ThePrint, quoting a senior Cyber Crime officer, reports that the woman had first found the fake accounts in December 2025 and confided in the accused, whom she knew as an Instagram friend posting yoga and devotional videos, and that he told her not to speak to anyone and claimed to be reporting the accounts; it gives her age as 21 where the Indian Express says 24. The accused is named in all reports; he is described here by age and city because the case has not been tried. The historical record dated the incident to the arrest announcement (28 May 2026); the harassment period is used here instead.

Reported harm

A young woman and her mother were depicted in AI-morphed obscene images and videos (more than 100 images found by police) posted for months on fake accounts impersonating the woman; she told police she was mentally harassed and defamed, and police said both women suffered trauma and public humiliation. The accused was arrested and booked; the case is pending.

Outcome

Ongoing

6 April 2026: FIR at the Ahmedabad Cyber Crime Police Station under BNS Sections 78(2) and 356(2) and IT Act Sections 66(C) and 67. 27 or 28 May 2026: accused arrested at his home in north-east Delhi after technical surveillance and human intelligence work; digital evidence recovered from his phone; forensic examination found eight to ten fake accounts and more than 100 AI-morphed images. Police said further investigation was under way. No charge sheet, bail decision or trial was found in this review (searches in English, Gujarati and Hindi on 2026-09-19).

What remains unknown

  • The AI websites or tools used are not named.
  • The complainant's age: 24 (Indian Express) or 21 (ThePrint).
  • Whether the maternal aunt was depicted (DCP briefing to ANI only).
  • Whether the more-than-100 figure counts images only (police statement) or images and videos (India Today, ANI).
  • Any charge sheet, bail decision or trial outcome; nothing later than 1 June 2026 was found.
  • How far the material spread and whether the platforms removed it.

What the evidence supports

AI involvement: supported. The Cyber Crime Branch statement says the accused searched "AI Remove Clothes", uploaded the photographs to such websites and produced morphed images and videos with AI tools; police say forensic examination of his phone found more than 100 AI-morphed images. The specific tools are not named and the finding is a police allegation pending trial. The artifacts depicted the women and the fake accounts impersonated the complainant; no AI system interacted with them.

5 claims: 5 reported. What the statuses mean

Reported Between December 2025 and April 2026 the accused, after the woman declined his friendship, created fake accounts in her name (initially three Instagram accounts and a YouTube channel; eight to ten found across X, Facebook, Instagram and YouTube on forensic examination of his phone), downloaded photographs of her and her mother, used "AI remove clothes" websites to produce morphed obscene images and videos of the two women, and posted them on the fake accounts with obscene captions; police say more than 100 AI-morphed images of the complainant were found (India Today and ANI put the figure as over 100 photos and videos of her and her mother).

Causal attribution. Police allegations from the Ahmedabad Cyber Crime Branch (written statement, DCP briefing, ACP interview, officer quoted by ThePrint); the accused has not been tried.

  • timesofindia.indiatimes.com(opens in new tab) supports · English
    'for allegedly creating multiple fake social media accounts and uploading AI-generated morphed obscene images and videos of an Ahmedabad woman and her mother after she rejected his friendship request, according to a statement issued by the cybercrime police'; 'between Dec 2025 and April 2026'; 'forensic examination of the accused’s phone revealed the existence of eight to ten fake social media accounts created in the complainant’s name'; 'generated more than 100 AI-morphed images of the victim using various online tools and websites'
  • indianexpress.com(opens in new tab) supports · English
    'created at least three separate fake Instagram IDs and a YouTube channel in her name and uploaded obscene morphed photos of herself and her mother'; 'He then searched “AI Remove Clothes” on Google and uploaded these photographs on various websites. Using AI tools, he created morphed nude photographs and nude videos and uploaded them on these fake IDs. He also wrote obscene text and mentally harassed the complainant.'
  • indiatoday.in(opens in new tab) supports · English
    'uploaded over 100 AI-generated nude photos and videos of her and her mother on social media platforms and YouTube channels'; 'He searched for AI Remove Clothes tools on Google and used different websites to create morphed nude images and videos'
  • aninews.in(opens in new tab) supports · English
    'In total, he created over a hundred fake videos and images related to the victim, and within those six months, he created 8 to 10 fake social media accounts impersonating the complainant.'
  • etvbharat.com(opens in new tab) supports · English
    'Eight to 10 more fake social media accounts in the complainant's name were found on his mobile phone. Investigation revealed that the accused had created over 100 AI-morphed pornographic images'
Reported The woman complained to the Ahmedabad Cyber Crime Police Station; an FIR was registered on 6 April 2026 under Sections 78(2) and 356(2) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and Sections 66(C) and 67 of the Information Technology Act; police traced the accused through technical surveillance and human intelligence and arrested him at his home in north-east Delhi (announced 28 May 2026, the arrest reported as the previous day) under the Branch's "Mission Cyber Rakshika" initiative.

Causal attribution. Police statements; the FIR date is reported by the Indian Express only.

Reported The woman had confided in the accused about the fake accounts; police say he told her to keep quiet, claimed he was reporting the accounts and would get them removed, and manipulated her for sympathy for five to six months before the complaint.

Causal attribution. Police officers quoted by ThePrint and the DCP quoted by ANI.

  • theprint.in(opens in new tab) supports · English
    'He told her that he would ensure he reports these accounts, so nobody troubles her. He was just manipulating her, and trying to gain her sympathy,” said an officer probing the matter.'
  • aninews.in(opens in new tab) supports · English
    'After doing this, he would contact the victim, assuring her that he would get her account reinstated. This went on for a total of five to six months'
Reported The complainant told police she was mentally harassed and defamed in society by the morphed images; police said the posts caused deep mental trauma and public humiliation for her and her mother.

Causal attribution. The complainant's account as relayed by police; no independent impact evidence.

  • theprint.in(opens in new tab) supports · English
    'The woman claimed she was “mentally harassed and defamed in the society, since her nude photographs and videos morphed with AI, with obscene texts written over it, are being shared online (sic),” a senior police officer from Ahmedabad Crime Branch’s Cyber Crime unit told ThePrint.'
  • indiatoday.in(opens in new tab) supports · English
    'Police said the posts caused deep mental trauma and public humiliation for both the woman and her mother.'
Reported The DCP said the AI images also depicted the woman's maternal aunt; the written police statement and the other reports mention only the woman and her mother.

Causal attribution. DCP briefing to ANI only.

  • aninews.in(opens in new tab) supports · English
    'He also utilised AI to generate videos and explicit images, not only of the victim but also of her mother and maternal aunt, and posted them on these accounts'
  • indianexpress.com(opens in new tab) context · English
    'uploaded obscene morphed photos of herself and her mother'

Sources

8 sources inspected, from 4 underlying accounts. Sources that repeat one account do not corroborate each other.

How the sources were read, and where the events happened

Read in English on 2026-09-19 (Times of India, Ahmedabad, TNN, 29 May 2026 edition, live). Reports the Ahmedabad Cyber Crime Branch statement. Applies to s1.

Read in English on 2026-09-19 from a Wayback Machine capture (live page 403). Indian Express Ahmedabad, 28 May 2026; quotes the Cyber Crime Branch statement verbatim and gives the FIR date. Applies to s2.

Read in English on 2026-09-19 (ETV Bharat, 28 May 2026, live). Same statement, with the investigating inspector quoted. Applies to s3.

Read in English on 2026-09-19 (Gujarat Samachar English, 28 May 2026, live). IANS wire text of the same statement, also carried by The Statesman, Asia News Network, Mangalorean and others. Applies to s4.

Read in English on 2026-09-19 from a Wayback Machine capture (live page 403). NDTV, 28 May 2026, citing IANS; gives the arrest day. Applies to s5.

Read in English on 2026-09-19 (India Today, bylined, 28 May 2026, live). Quotes the Cyber Crime Branch ACP directly. Applies to s6.

Read in English on 2026-09-19 (ANI, 29 May 2026, live). On-camera briefing by the Ahmedabad DCP; copied by Asianet Newsable. Applies to s7.

Read in English on 2026-09-19 from a Wayback Machine capture of 1 June 2026 (live page answers a JavaScript challenge). ThePrint, bylined, 29 May 2026; quotes a senior Cyber Crime officer and investigators. Applies to s8.

Event countries: India. Affected-person countries: India. Court countries: Unknown.

Complainant in Ahmedabad, Gujarat; FIR at the Ahmedabad Cyber Crime Police Station; accused arrested in north-east Delhi (all sources). No court proceeding is reported in the inspected sources.

Reviewed for publication 2026-09-19: Restored under the 2026-09-15 charter as a harmful-artifact and impersonation case with identified (unnamed) depicted victims, a registered FIR and an arrest. Four police briefings read across separate outlets, all originating with the Ahmedabad Cyber Crime Branch; claims recorded as reported. Original ID and first-publication timestamp preserved; incident dates corrected to the harassment period.

People described

A young Ahmedabad woman with a public social-media profile (age reported as 24 by the Indian Express and 21 by ThePrint) and her mother, depicted in AI-morphed obscene images; the woman was also impersonated by fake accounts. The DCP said a maternal aunt was also depicted. None is named.

People reported harmed in this case

At least 2 people

0 AI participants · 2 other people harmed

Two depicted people are reported in every chain: the complainant (also impersonated) and her mother. The DCP told ANI that a maternal aunt was also depicted, which no other source repeats, so the count is a documented minimum of 2. The accused is not counted.

Counted once within this case. The same person may appear in other cases. This count does not establish AI causation.

Tags

#deepfake#ai-undressing#ncii#impersonation#stalking#harassment#india#gujarat#ahmedabad#arrest

Cite this case

Compiled per our published methodology: verification statuses, sourcing standards, and corrections process.

APA

NOPE. (2026). Ahmedabad, Gujarat: a 27-year-old Delhi man was arrested for posting AI-morphed obscene images and videos of a young woman and her mother (more than 100 images found) on fake accounts in her name after she declined his friendship, while posing as the friend reporting the fake accounts for her. AI incidents. https://nope.net/incidents/2026-ahmedabad-ai-morphed-images

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  title = {Ahmedabad, Gujarat: a 27-year-old Delhi man was arrested for posting AI-morphed obscene images and videos of a young woman and her mother (more than 100 images found) on fake accounts in her name after she declined his friendship, while posing as the friend reporting the fake accounts for her},
  author = {NOPE},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {AI incidents},
  url = {https://nope.net/incidents/2026-ahmedabad-ai-morphed-images}
}

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