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Ambad, Jalna district, Maharashtra: a woman active in the Maratha reservation agitation complained to police that obscene photos and videos of her, which Pudhari and Divya Marathi report were made with AI, were posted on Facebook with rape and death threats after she publicly criticised the agitation's leader; Ambad police registered an FIR against five named profile holders and five to six others, reported on 2 October 2026

According to Pudhari and Divya Marathi (both 2 October 2026), a 35-year-old woman from Ambad who had been active in the Maratha reservation agitation publicly criticised the stance of its leader, Manoj Jarange Patil, in remarks to the media on 26 September. According to Pudhari's account of her complaint, some of his supporters then targeted her on social media: obscene photos and videos of her made with AI were posted on Facebook, and posts abused her in obscene language and threatened rape and death. Divya Marathi reports that her face was placed on obscene pictures and videos with AI deepfake technology and that the material spread on Facebook, WhatsApp and Telegram. She went to Ambad police station on 1 October with screenshots, saying she had been defamed and that she and her family were in danger. Police registered an FIR against five named profile holders and five to six others under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and section 67 of the Information Technology Act. No arrest is reported.

AI system
Unidentified image and video tool
Occurred
Event date unknown
Reported
2 October 2026
Event location
India
What the AI did
Depicted or impersonated the person
Reported harm
Reputational HarmPsychological Distress
Whose AI use
Someone else’s AI use
Setting
Privacy · Everyday life
Evidence
AI involvement reported · Causal attribution alleged · 2 sources, 1 underlying account
6 claims: 6 reported. 3 open questions
People reported harmed
At least 1 person

AI system as recorded: Unidentified AI tools reported to have been used to make obscene photos and videos of the complainant, described by Divya Marathi as AI deepfake technology that placed her face on obscene pictures and videos

What Happened

Background. Pudhari reports that the complainant, a 35-year-old resident of Ambad, had been active in the Maratha reservation agitation for about three years. On 26 September she told the media that she and others had set everything aside to support Manoj Jarange Patil and had not seen the result. Divya Marathi reports that she had openly questioned some of his political and social positions.

The posts. According to her complaint as reported by Pudhari, some of his supporters began targeting her on social media after those remarks. Obscene photos and videos of her made with AI were posted on Facebook. Posts from named Facebook and Instagram accounts abused her and her mother-in-law in obscene language, accused her of profiting from the agitation, and threatened rape and death. Divya Marathi reports that her face was placed on obscene pictures and videos with AI deepfake technology, that the material spread on Facebook, WhatsApp and Telegram, and that anonymous callers threatened to kill her and her relatives.

The complaint and FIR. She went to Ambad police station on Thursday 1 October with screenshots, saying she had been badly defamed and that her life and her family's were in danger. Police registered an FIR against five named profile holders and five to six others under sections 351 and 356 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and section 67 of the Information Technology Act. Divya Marathi reports that she said her whole family was under severe mental stress.

Response. Divya Marathi reports that Jarange Patil, speaking after the cases were registered, said cases and inquiries were being imposed on the people around him. He is not reported to be an accused.

Limits. Both reports follow one complaint and one FIR. Neither names an AI tool, and no forensic finding on the images is reported. The dates of the individual posts are not given beyond their following the 26 September remarks. The accused are named in the reports and are not named here; their accounts of the posts are not reported.

Reported harm

The complainant told police she had been badly defamed and that her life and her family's were in danger after AI-made obscene photos and videos of her and rape and death threats were posted (complaint as reported by Pudhari); Divya Marathi reports her saying the whole family was under severe mental stress.

Outcome

Ongoing

Ambad police station in Jalna district registered an FIR against five named social media profile holders and five to six others under sections 351 and 356 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and section 67 of the Information Technology Act; a police inspector is investigating (Pudhari). Divya Marathi reports that the complainant had approached the police twice before and that police registered the case after examining the profiles, screenshots and audio of threatening calls she submitted. No arrest or charge sheet is reported.

What remains unknown

  • Which AI tool was used and who made the photos and videos.
  • The dates of the individual posts and whether the material has been removed.
  • Whether any accused has been arrested or questioned, and what the accused say about the posts.

What the evidence supports

AI involvement: reported. Pudhari, in its account of the complaint and FIR, reports that obscene photos and videos of the woman were made by misusing AI and posted on Facebook; neither body quotes the police or the complainant on AI. Divya Marathi reports that her face was placed on obscene pictures and videos with AI deepfake technology (depicted_or_impersonated). No tool is named and no forensic finding is reported.

6 claims: 6 reported. What the statuses mean

Reported According to the complaint as reported, obscene photos and videos of the woman made with AI were posted on Facebook; Divya Marathi reports that her face was placed on obscene pictures and videos with AI deepfake technology and spread on Facebook, WhatsApp and Telegram.

Causal attribution. The complainant's allegation as relayed by two outlets (one chain); no tool or forensic finding is reported.

  • pudhari.news(opens in new tab) supports · Marathi
    'एआयचा गैरवापर करून या महिलेचे अश्लील फोटो आणि व्हिडिओ बनवून ते फेसबुकवर व्हायरल करण्यात आले'; 'समाजकंटकांनी त्यांचे एआय निर्मित अश्लील फोटो आणि व्हिडिओ तयार करून फेसबुकवर पोस्ट केले'
  • divyamarathi.bhaskar.com(opens in new tab) supports · Marathi
    'डीपफेक तंत्रज्ञानाच्या साहाय्याने अत्यंत आक्षेपार्ह आणि अश्लील चित्रांवर, व्हिडिओंवर लावून ते फेसबुक, व्हॉट्सॲप आणि टेलिग्रामवर पसरवण्यात आले'
Reported According to the complaint as reported, posts abused the woman in obscene language and threatened rape and death; Divya Marathi also reports anonymous calls threatening to kill her and her relatives.

Causal attribution. The complainant's allegation; the threats are not attributed to AI.

  • pudhari.news(opens in new tab) supports · Marathi
    'अत्यंत गलिच्छ भाषेत शिवीगाळ करत बलात्काराच्या आणि जीवे मारण्याच्या धमक्या देण्यात आल्या'
  • divyamarathi.bhaskar.com(opens in new tab) supports · Marathi
    'निनावी फोन कॉल्सवरून त्यांना व त्यांच्या कुटुंबीयांना जीवे मारण्याच्या आणि हातपाय तोडण्याच्या धमक्या देण्यात आल्या'
Reported The woman had criticised the stance of Maratha reservation leader Manoj Jarange Patil, including in remarks to the media on 26 September, and the complaint says some of his supporters then began targeting her on social media.

Causal attribution. Sequence as stated in the complaint and the reports; who made the AI material is not established.

  • pudhari.news(opens in new tab) supports · Marathi
    'मनोज जरांगे पाटील यांच्या भूमिकेवर टीका करणाऱ्या एका महिलेची सोशल मीडियावर अत्यंत खालच्या पातळीवर जाऊन बदनामी करण्यात आल्याचा'; 'अशी उद्विग्न प्रतिक्रिया त्यांनी २६ सप्टेंबर रोजी प्रसारमाध्यमांसमोर दिली होती'; 'मनोज जरांगे पाटील यांच्या काही समर्थकांनी सोशल मीडियावर त्यांना टार्गेट करण्यास सुरुवात केली'
  • divyamarathi.bhaskar.com(opens in new tab) supports · Marathi
    'त्यानंतर त्यांच्याविरोधात सोशल मीडियावर पद्धतशीरपणे बदनामीची मोहीम सुरू झाली'
Reported The woman went to Ambad police station on 1 October with screenshots, and police registered an FIR against five named profile holders and five to six others under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and the Information Technology Act.

Causal attribution. Police action as reported; an FIR records the complaint and does not establish the allegations.

  • pudhari.news(opens in new tab) supports · Marathi
    'या पाच प्रोफाईल धारकांसह इतर ५ ते ६ जणांवर बीएनएस कलम ३५१, ३५६ आणि माहिती तंत्रज्ञान अधिनियमच्या कलम ६७ अन्वये गुन्हा दाखल करण्यात आला आहे'; 'स्क्रीनशॉट्सच्या पुराव्यांसह गुरुवारी (दि. १ ऑक्टोबर) अंबड पोलिस ठाण्यात धाव घेतली'
  • divyamarathi.bhaskar.com(opens in new tab) supports · Marathi
    'इतर 5 ते 6 अज्ञात सोशल मीडिया वापरकर्त्यांवर भारतीय न्याय संहितेच्या संबंधित कलमान्वये आणि माहिती तंत्रज्ञान कायद्यानुसार (IT Act) गुन्हा दाखल करण्यात आला आहे'
Reported The woman told police she had been badly defamed and that her life and her family's were in danger; Divya Marathi reports her saying the whole family was under severe mental stress.

Causal attribution. The complainant's own account of the effect of the posts, images and threats together.

  • pudhari.news(opens in new tab) supports · Marathi
    'या सर्व प्रकारामुळे आपली समाजात मोठी बदनामी झाली असून, आपल्या व कुटुंबाच्या जीवितास धोका निर्माण झाल्याचे सांगत'
  • divyamarathi.bhaskar.com(opens in new tab) supports · Marathi
    'यामुळे संपूर्ण कुटुंब प्रचंड मानसिक तणावाखाली असल्याचे त्यांनी सांगितले'
Reported After the cases were registered, Manoj Jarange Patil said cases and inquiries were being imposed on the people around him.

Causal attribution. His reported remark; he is not reported to be an accused and the remark does not address the AI material.

  • divyamarathi.bhaskar.com(opens in new tab) supports · Marathi
    'माझ्या सोबत राहणाऱ्यांवर केसेस आणि चौकशांचा ससेमिरा लावला जात आहे'

Sources

2 sources inspected, from 1 underlying account. Sources that repeat one account do not corroborate each other.

How the sources were read, and where the events happened

Read in Marathi by the research agent on 2026-10-05 (Pudhari, Ambad correspondent, published 2 October 2026); no human translator reviewed it. The report follows the complaint and the FIR at Ambad police station; same chain as the other source. The Marathi 'अश्लील' is rendered as obscene and 'बदनामी' as defamation. The report does not name the complainant and calls the complainant a woman; it lists the accused profile names, which are not reproduced. The complainant's quoted remark calls the agitation leader 'दादा' (elder brother), the basis for 'his'. Applies to s1.

Read in Marathi by the research agent on 2026-10-05 (Divya Marathi, published 2 October 2026); no human translator reviewed it. The report follows the same complaint and FIR; same chain as the other source. It names the complainant and the accused profile holders, which are not reproduced. The web page cuts the opening paragraph off mid-sentence and offers the full item in the outlet's app; the sections below it were read. The page also carries an unrelated Pune item, which is not used. Applies to s2.

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

The complainant is described as a resident of Ambad and the FIR was registered at Ambad police station in Jalna district, Maharashtra, India (Pudhari). No court step is reported.

Reviewed for publication 2026-10-05: Published under the 2026-09-15 charter: a woman reports that AI-made obscene photos and videos of her were posted with rape and death threats after she criticised an agitation leader, and police registered an FIR. The account is her complaint as relayed by Pudhari and Divya Marathi (one chain); all claims are reported. The complainant and the accused are not named.

People described

A 35-year-old woman from Ambad, active for about three years in the Maratha reservation agitation, who had publicly criticised its leader; she is not named here

People reported harmed in this case

At least 1 person

0 AI participants · 1 other person harmed

Additional affected people are described without a reliable count.

One woman is reported as depicted in the AI-made obscene photos and videos (Pudhari; Divya Marathi). Abusive posts and threats are also reported against her mother-in-law and relatives; they are not counted because no AI-made material depicting them is reported.

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

Tags

#ai-generated-sexual-images#deepfake#online-harassment#threats#political-activism#india#maharashtra#jalna#fir#marathi-language

Cite this case

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APA

NOPE. (2026). Ambad, Jalna district, Maharashtra: a woman active in the Maratha reservation agitation complained to police that obscene photos and videos of her, which Pudhari and Divya Marathi report were made with AI, were posted on Facebook with rape and death threats after she publicly criticised the agitation's leader; Ambad police registered an FIR against five named profile holders and five to six others, reported on 2 October 2026. AI incidents. https://nope.net/incidents/2026-ambad-jalna-maharashtra-woman-activist-ai-obscene-images-threats-fir

BibTeX

@misc{2026_ambad_jalna_maharashtra_woman_activist_ai_obscene_images_threats_fir,
  title = {Ambad, Jalna district, Maharashtra: a woman active in the Maratha reservation agitation complained to police that obscene photos and videos of her, which Pudhari and Divya Marathi report were made with AI, were posted on Facebook with rape and death threats after she publicly criticised the agitation's leader; Ambad police registered an FIR against five named profile holders and five to six others, reported on 2 October 2026},
  author = {NOPE},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {AI incidents},
  url = {https://nope.net/incidents/2026-ambad-jalna-maharashtra-woman-activist-ai-obscene-images-threats-fir}
}

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