Greater Noida: a woman and her niece complain to police that an unknown person used AI to turn their photos into obscene images and spread them online
Amar Ujala reported on 1 October 2026 that a woman and her niece living in Greater Noida, Gautam Buddh Nagar district, Uttar Pradesh, complained to the police cyber cell that an unknown person had used AI to edit their photos into obscene images and spread them on social media. The woman told the paper that a family member had posted the photos on social media a few days earlier. The complaint was made on Thursday, the day the report was published, and police said they were examining the links on social media and other digital evidence. No accused is identified. The account rests on the complaint as relayed by one local report.
- AI system
- Unidentified image tool
- Occurred
- Event date unknown
- Reported
- 1 October 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 · Everyday life
- Evidence
- AI involvement reported · Causal attribution alleged · 1 source
- 3 claims: 3 reported. 4 open questions
- People reported harmed
- 2 people
AI system as recorded: An unidentified AI tool that, according to the complaint, an unknown person used to edit photos of the woman and her niece into obscene images
What Happened
The complaint. Amar Ujala reports a case in which photos of a woman and her niece were made obscene with the help of AI and spread on social media. The woman told the paper that a family member had posted the photos on social media a few days earlier. The complaint alleges that an unknown person edited her photos and her niece's into obscene form using AI technology and then made them viral on social media.
Police. The family complained to the cyber cell of the local police station on Thursday. According to the police, the links available on social media and other digital evidence were being examined on the basis of the complaint.
Limits. One local report relays the complaint. The headline speaks of an obscene video, while the summary and body describe photos. No tool, platform, accused person or forensic finding is named, and the ages of the woman and her niece are not given.
Reported harm
A woman and her niece in Greater Noida say an unknown person used AI to make obscene images from their photos and spread them on social media (complaint as reported by Amar Ujala).
Outcome
OngoingThe family complained to the police station's cyber cell on Thursday 1 October 2026. Police said they were examining the links available on social media and other digital evidence on the basis of the complaint (Amar Ujala). No FIR number, arrest or removal of the images is reported.
What remains unknown
- Which AI tool was used, who made and posted the images, and on which platform.
- When the images were made and spread, and whether they have been removed.
- The ages of the woman and her niece.
- Whether an FIR was registered or anyone identified.
What the evidence supports
AI involvement: reported. The complaint as reported by Amar Ujala says an unknown person edited the photos of the woman and her niece into obscene form using AI technology and spread them on social media, so the AI output depicted both of them (depicted_or_impersonated). No tool or forensic finding is reported.
3 claims: 3 reported. What the statuses mean
Reported According to the complaint, an unknown person used AI technology to edit photos of the woman and her niece into obscene images and then made them viral on social media.
Causal attribution. The complainants' allegation as relayed by one local report; the person and tool are unidentified.
- amarujala.com(opens in new tab) supports · Hindi
'आरोप है कि किसी अज्ञात व्यक्ति ने उनकी और भतीजी के फोटो को एआई तकनीक के माध्यम से अश्लील रूप में एडिट कर दिया'; 'इसके बाद आरोपी ने इन फोटो को सोशल मीडिया पर वायरल कर दिया'
Reported The woman told the paper that a family member had posted the photos on social media a few days earlier.
Causal attribution. The woman's account as reported.
- amarujala.com(opens in new tab) supports · Hindi
'पीड़ित महिला ने बताया कि कुछ दिन पहले उनके बेटे ने फोटो सोशल मीडिया पर पोस्ट की थी'
Reported The family complained to the police station's cyber cell on Thursday, and police said the links on social media and other digital evidence were being examined.
Causal attribution. Police statement as reported; a complaint does not establish the allegation.
- amarujala.com(opens in new tab) supports · Hindi
'पीड़ित पक्ष ने बृहस्पतिवार को कोतवाली की साइबर सेल में मामले की शिकायत की है'; 'पुलिस के मुताबिक, शिकायत के आधार पर सोशल मीडिया पर उपलब्ध लिंक और अन्य डिजिटल साक्ष्यों की जांच की जा रही है'
Sources
1 source inspected. Sources that repeat one account do not corroborate each other.
- Amar Ujala, 1 October 2026: obscene images of a woman and her niece made with AI and shared on social media(opens in new tab)
s1 · amarujala.com · News report · Hindi · Inspected · 1 October 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 (Amar Ujala network, local dateline in Gautam Buddh Nagar district, page stamped 'Updated Thu, 01 Oct 2026 10:13 PM IST'; HTTP 200); no human translator reviewed it. English renderings are the agent's own. The headline says obscene video, while the summary and body describe photos; this record follows the body. 'अश्लील' is rendered as obscene. The page also carries an unrelated phone-snatching item from another police area, which is not used. Applies to s1.
Event countries: India. Affected-person countries: India. Court countries: Unknown.
Amar Ujala describes the woman and her niece as living in Greater Noida, Gautam Buddh Nagar district, Uttar Pradesh, India, and reports the complaint at the cyber cell of the local police station there. Where the person who made and posted the images was is not reported. No court step is reported.
Reviewed for publication 2026-10-06: A woman and her niece report to police that an unknown person used AI to turn their photos into obscene images and spread them on social media. One local report relays the complaint and the police response; all claims are reported, and both people are left unidentified.
People described
A woman and her niece living in Greater Noida, Gautam Buddh Nagar district (not identified in the report)
People reported harmed in this case
2 people
0 AI participants · 2 other people harmed
Two people, the woman and her niece, whose photos are reported to have been edited into obscene images with AI (Amar Ujala). Other family members are not counted. Exact 2.
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). Greater Noida: a woman and her niece complain to police that an unknown person used AI to turn their photos into obscene images and spread them online. AI incidents. https://nope.net/incidents/2026-greater-noida-woman-and-niece-ai-obscene-photos-spread-police-complaint
BibTeX
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title = {Greater Noida: a woman and her niece complain to police that an unknown person used AI to turn their photos into obscene images and spread them online},
author = {NOPE},
year = {2026},
howpublished = {AI incidents},
url = {https://nope.net/incidents/2026-greater-noida-woman-and-niece-ai-obscene-photos-spread-police-complaint}
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