Bareilly district, Uttar Pradesh: family says a youth posted an AI-made obscene picture of their minor daughter on Instagram and police did not act for a month
Dainik Bhaskar reported on 29 September 2026 that an AI-made obscene picture of a minor schoolgirl in Bareilly district, Uttar Pradesh, had been spread on social media. Her father said a young man from their village posted the picture on Instagram. The family alleges that police took no action for a month after their complaint on 28 August. According to the report, a quarrel broke out after the accused taunted the girl's mother; the family alleges that police then let him go, while action was taken against five people including the father, who was issued a breach-of-peace challan. The family complained to a state cabinet minister and the district police chief, after which the station in-charge said the case would be investigated and registered. The account is the family's, as relayed by one local report.
- AI system
- Unidentified image tool
- Occurred
- Event date unknown
- Reported
- 29 September 2026
- Event location
- India
- What the AI did
- Depicted or impersonated the person
- Reported harm
- Exploitation or Abuse
- Whose AI use
- Someone else’s AI use
- Setting
- Privacy · Justice · Everyday life
- Evidence
- AI involvement reported · Causal attribution alleged · 1 source
- 4 claims: 4 reported. 4 open questions
- People reported harmed
- 1 person
AI system as recorded: An unidentified AI tool reported to have been used to make an obscene picture of the girl, which her father says a young man from the village posted on Instagram
What Happened
The picture. Dainik Bhaskar reports a case in which an obscene picture of a minor schoolgirl, made with AI, was spread on social media. The girl's father told the paper that a young man from their village had posted the AI-made obscene picture of his daughter on Instagram.
The police response, as the family describes it. The family alleges that police took no action for a month after their complaint on 28 August. Three days before the report, the accused taunted the girl's mother; a quarrel followed in which some women blackened the accused's face, and police took both sides to the police outpost. The family alleges that police released the accused, while action was taken against five people including the father, who was issued a challan for breach of the peace. The family then complained to cabinet minister Dharmpal Singh and the senior superintendent of police, and the station in-charge said the matter would be investigated and a report registered.
Limits. One local report gives the family's account. The accused's response and the police's own account of the month without action are not reported. No tool or forensic finding is named, and the report does not say how the picture was identified as AI-made.
Reported harm
A minor schoolgirl in Bareilly district was depicted in an AI-made obscene picture posted on Instagram, and her family says police did not act on their complaint for a month (family's account in Dainik Bhaskar).
Outcome
OngoingThe family says police took no action for a month after a complaint on 28 August. After the family complained to cabinet minister Dharmpal Singh and the SSP, the station in-charge said the matter would be investigated and a case registered (Dainik Bhaskar). No FIR number, arrest or removal of the picture is reported.
What remains unknown
- Which AI tool was used and how the picture was identified as AI-made.
- When the picture was made and posted, and whether it has been removed from Instagram.
- The girl's age.
- Whether an FIR was registered after the station in-charge's statement, and the accused's and police's accounts.
What the evidence supports
AI involvement: reported. Dainik Bhaskar reports that an obscene picture of the minor girl made with AI was spread on social media, and her father says a young man from the village posted the AI-made picture on Instagram. The generated picture depicts the girl (depicted_or_impersonated). The report does not name a tool or say how the picture was identified as AI-made.
4 claims: 4 reported. What the statuses mean
Reported An obscene picture of a minor schoolgirl, made with AI, was spread on social media; her father says a young man from their village posted it on Instagram.
Causal attribution. The father's account as relayed by one local report; the tool and the basis for calling the picture AI-made are not reported.
- bhaskar.com(opens in new tab) supports · Hindi
'एक नाबालिग छात्रा की AI से बनी अश्लील तस्वीर सोशल मीडिया पर वायरल करने का मामला सामने आया है'; 'गांव के एक युवक ने उनकी बेटी की AI से बनी अश्लील तस्वीर इंस्टाग्राम पर पोस्ट की थी'
Reported The family alleges that police took no action for a month after their complaint on 28 August.
Causal attribution. The family's allegation; the police account is not reported.
- bhaskar.com(opens in new tab) supports · Hindi
'पीड़ित परिवार का आरोप है कि 28 अगस्त को शिकायत के बाद भी पुलिस ने एक महीने तक कोई कार्रवाई नहीं की'
Reported After a quarrel that followed the accused taunting the girl's mother, the family alleges police released the accused, while action was taken against five people including the father, who was issued a breach-of-peace challan.
Causal attribution. The family's allegation and the reported police action; the police's reasons are not reported.
- bhaskar.com(opens in new tab) supports · Hindi
'पुलिस की कार्रवाई न होने पर तीन दिन पहले आरोपी ने छात्रा की मां को ताना मारा'; 'परिवार का आरोप है कि पुलिस ने आरोपी को छोड़ दिया'; 'छात्रा के पिता समेत पांच लोगों पर कार्रवाई की गई और पिता का शांति भंग में चालान किया गया'
Reported The family complained to cabinet minister Dharmpal Singh and the SSP, after which the station in-charge said the matter would be investigated and a report registered.
Causal attribution. One local report; whether a case was registered afterwards is not known.
- bhaskar.com(opens in new tab) supports · Hindi
'पीड़ित परिवार ने कैबिनेट मंत्री धर्मपाल सिंह और एसएसपी से शिकायत की है'; 'इसके बाद थाना प्रभारी ने मामले की जांच और रिपोर्ट दर्ज करने की बात कही है'
Sources
1 source inspected. Sources that repeat one account do not corroborate each other.
- Dainik Bhaskar, 29 September 2026: AI-made obscene picture of a minor goes viral; family says police did not act for a month(opens in new tab)
s1 · bhaskar.com · News report · Hindi · Inspected · 29 September 2026 · Primary
How the sources were read, and where the events happened
Read in Hindi by the research agent (an AI) on 2026-10-06 (Dainik Bhaskar local page, Bareilly district correspondent, published 29 September 2026 11:53 IST; HTTP 200); no human translator reviewed it. English renderings are the agent's own. 'अश्लील तस्वीर' is rendered as obscene picture and 'शांति भंग में चालान' as a breach-of-peace challan. The page's English headline uses the plural photos while the Hindi body describes one picture; this record follows the body. Related-story cards on the page are not used. Applies to s1.
Event countries: India. Affected-person countries: India. Court countries: Unknown.
Dainik Bhaskar locates the case in a police-station area of Bareilly district, Uttar Pradesh, India, where the girl's family lives and the accused is described as a youth from the same village. No court step is reported.
Reviewed for publication 2026-10-06: A family reports that a village youth posted an AI-made obscene picture of their minor daughter on Instagram and that police did not act for a month. One local report relays the family's account; all claims are reported, and the girl, her family and the accused are left unidentified.
People described
A minor schoolgirl in a village of Bareilly district, Uttar Pradesh (not identified in the report)
People reported harmed in this case
1 person
0 AI participants · 1 other person harmed
One person, the minor schoolgirl depicted in the AI-made obscene picture (Dainik Bhaskar). The father's challan is a police action and is not counted as an AI-related harm. Exact 1.
Counted once within this case. The same person may appear in other cases. This count does not establish AI causation.
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APA
NOPE. (2026). Bareilly district, Uttar Pradesh: family says a youth posted an AI-made obscene picture of their minor daughter on Instagram and police did not act for a month. AI incidents. https://nope.net/incidents/2026-bareilly-district-minor-schoolgirl-ai-obscene-image-instagram-police-inaction
BibTeX
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