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Jamui, Bihar: police registered a case in September 2026 against a social media user over AI-generated videos of a minor girl who had been sexually harassed and her friend, saying the videos were fake and revealed the girl's identity

A minor girl was sexually harassed and her male friend assaulted by a group in Jamui district, Bihar, on 19 September 2026; a video of the incident spread on social media two days later and the police apprehended several of the accused. According to a Jamui police statement issued on 25 September and reported by the Press Trust of India, the police then registered a case at the cyber police station against a social media user for uploading several AI-generated videos of the girl and her friend. The police called the videos misleading and fake and said they revealed the girl's identity and could affect social harmony; the case was registered under the BNS, the POCSO Act, the Juvenile Justice Act and the IT Act. Separately, The Quint reported finding dozens of AI-generated recreations of the assault on Instagram, almost all revealing identifying details, and quoted the Jamui superintendent of police as saying that some people were making AI-generated content. No outcome of the case against the uploader has been reported.

AI system
Unidentified video tool
Occurred
Sept 2026
Reported
25 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
Evidence
AI involvement reported · Causal attribution alleged · 3 sources, 2 underlying accounts
3 claims: 3 reported. 3 open questions
People reported harmed
At least 2 people

AI system as recorded: Unidentified AI tool used to generate videos depicting a minor harassment survivor and her friend, uploaded to social media (as described by the Jamui police); The Quint separately describes AI-generated recreations of the assault on Instagram

What Happened

The Press Trust of India report carried by ThePrint (26 September 2026) says the Bihar Police registered a case against a social media user for allegedly uploading several AI-generated videos of the girl and her friend, citing an official statement issued by the Jamui police on the night of Friday 25 September. The statement described the videos as misleading and fake and said that uploading them revealed the identity of the girl and could affect social harmony. The case was registered at the cyber police station under the BNS, the POCSO Act, the Juvenile Justice Act and the IT Act. The report says the girl and her male friend, both coaching-institute students, were harassed by a group on the evening of 19 September and that the matter came to light two days later when a video went viral; three accused who were minors were produced before the Juvenile Justice Board and two others were arrested. Scroll (26 September) relays the PTI report and describes the videos as purportedly generated by artificial intelligence. The Quint (25 September, updated 29 September) reports its own finding of dozens of AI-generated recreations of the assault on Instagram, some with voiceovers or depicting the minors as animated or stylised characters, almost all revealing identifying details and including the real video, and quotes the Jamui superintendent of police: some people are even making AI-generated content. The Quint also reports that police registered an FIR against about 120 social media handles for circulating the original video. The AI tool used is not identified.

Reported harm

According to the Jamui police, AI-generated videos of a minor girl who had been sexually harassed, and of her friend, were uploaded to social media and revealed the girl's identity.

Outcome

Pending

Jamui police registered a case at the cyber police station against the social media user under the BNS, the POCSO Act, the Juvenile Justice Act and the IT Act (police statement of 25 September 2026 via PTI). Separately, police registered an FIR against about 120 social media handles for circulating the original video and sent takedown notices (The Quint). No arrest or court outcome for the AI-video uploader has been reported.

What remains unknown

  • The AI tool used, the platform where the videos were uploaded, and how many people viewed them.
  • Whether the AI recreations The Quint found on Instagram include the videos in the police case.
  • Whether the uploader has been arrested or charged, and whether the videos were taken down.

What the evidence supports

AI involvement: reported. The Jamui police statement, reported by PTI, describes the uploaded videos as AI-generated; Scroll describes them as purportedly generated by artificial intelligence. The Quint separately reports finding AI-generated recreations of the assault on Instagram and quotes the district police chief saying some people were making AI-generated content. The tool used and how the videos were made are not reported.

3 claims: 3 reported. What the statuses mean

Reported According to a Jamui police statement, the police registered a case at the cyber police station against a social media user for allegedly uploading several AI-generated videos of the girl and her friend; the police said the videos were misleading and fake and revealed the girl's identity.

Causal attribution. Police statement relayed by PTI (one chain); allegations against the uploader, no court finding.

  • theprint.in(opens in new tab) supports · English
    'have registered a case against a social media user for allegedly uploading several AI-generated videos of a girl, molested by a group of people in Jamui district a few days ago, and her friend, an official statement said.'; 'The uploading of such video clips resulted in'; 'revealing the identity of the girl and could affect social harmony'; 'The case has been registered at Cyber Police Station under relevant sections of BNS, POCSO Act, Juvenile Justice Act and IT Act,'
  • scroll.in(opens in new tab) supports · English
    'has filed a case against a social media user for uploading videos purportedly generated by artificial intelligence of a girl who was molested by a group of men in Jamui district last week, PTI reported on Saturday.'
Reported The Quint reported finding dozens of AI-generated recreations of the assault circulating on Instagram, almost all of which revealed identifying details, and quoted the Jamui superintendent of police as saying that some people were making AI-generated content.

Causal attribution. The Quint's own observation and an interview with the district police chief; the recreations it found are not stated to be the same videos as those in the police case.

  • thequint.com(opens in new tab) supports · English
    'The Quint also found dozens of AI-generated recreations of the assault circulating on Instagram.'; 'Almost all of them revealed identifying details and included the real video.'; 'Some are even making AI-generated content.'
Reported The girl and her male friend were harassed by a group on the evening of 19 September 2026, and the matter came to light two days later when a video of the incident went viral on social media.

Causal attribution. Police account via PTI; context for the AI-video case.

  • theprint.in(opens in new tab) supports · English
    'were harassed by a group of people on the evening of September 19, and the matter came to light two days later when a video of the incident went viral on social media.'
  • scroll.in(opens in new tab) supports · English
    'A minor girl was sexually harassed and her male friend was assaulted by a group of men in Jamui district on September 19.'

Sources

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

How the sources were read, and where the events happened

ThePrint returned HTTP 403 live on 2026-10-03; read via the Internet Archive capture of 26 September 2026. Auto-generated from the PTI wire, relaying the Jamui police statement. Applies to s1.

Read live on 2026-10-03 (Scroll, 26 September 2026). Relays the PTI report of the police statement. Applies to s2.

Read live on 2026-10-03 (The Quint, 25 September 2026, updated 29 September). Own reporting on the circulation of the video and AI recreations, including an interview with the Jamui superintendent of police. Applies to s3.

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

The harassment took place in Jamui district, Bihar, and the case against the uploader was registered by the Jamui police (PTI via ThePrint). The survivors were in Jamui district when they were harassed and studied at a coaching institute (PTI via ThePrint); where they live is not otherwise stated. No court proceeding against the uploader is reported.

Reviewed for publication 2026-10-03: Published under the depicted_or_impersonated relation: the Jamui police said AI-generated videos of a minor harassment survivor and her friend were uploaded to social media and revealed the girl's identity, and registered a case against the uploader (PTI, relayed by ThePrint and Scroll). The Quint independently reported AI-generated recreations of the assault on Instagram. The survivors, their locality and the accused uploader are not identified.

People described

A minor girl who had been sexually harassed in Jamui district, Bihar, and her male friend, also a minor, who was assaulted; both were depicted in AI-generated videos (not named)

People reported harmed in this case

At least 2 people

0 AI participants · 2 other people harmed

The police statement (via PTI) describes AI-generated videos of the girl and her friend, and says the videos revealed the girl's identity. Documented minimum 2 people depicted; the identity exposure is reported for the girl.

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

Tags

#ai-generated-video#sexual-harassment#identity-exposure#pocso#bihar#india

Cite this case

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

APA

NOPE. (2026). Jamui, Bihar: police registered a case in September 2026 against a social media user over AI-generated videos of a minor girl who had been sexually harassed and her friend, saying the videos were fake and revealed the girl's identity. AI incidents. https://nope.net/incidents/2026-jamui-bihar-ai-generated-videos-minor-harassment-survivor-identity-revealed

BibTeX

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  title = {Jamui, Bihar: police registered a case in September 2026 against a social media user over AI-generated videos of a minor girl who had been sexually harassed and her friend, saying the videos were fake and revealed the girl's identity},
  author = {NOPE},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {AI incidents},
  url = {https://nope.net/incidents/2026-jamui-bihar-ai-generated-videos-minor-harassment-survivor-identity-revealed}
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