High reported severity Involving minors Investigation Opened

Family alleges AI sexual-video abuse and online impersonation of a student in India

A family in India alleges that someone impersonated a teenage student online, made a sexual video from her photograph using AI, circulated it and threatened the family. Police opened an investigation. The AI claim comes from the complaint.

AI system: Unidentified video tool
Occurred: Event date unknown
Reported: 22 September 2026
Event location: India

What the AI did: Depicted or impersonated the person
Reported harm: Exploitation or AbusePsychological Distress

Whose AI use: Someone else’s AI use
Setting: Education · Privacy · Everyday life

Evidence: AI involvement reported · Causal attribution alleged · 4 sources; 2 claims: 1 corroborated, 1 reported. 5 open questions
People reported harmed: At least 1 person

AI system as recorded: AI image/video generation tool (unidentified) alleged to have been used to make an obscene video from the student's photograph

What Happened

Reported harm

A minor's photograph was allegedly turned into an obscene AI-generated video and circulated among her classmates, friends and relatives through an account impersonating her, and the family reports death threats and fear (the father's police complaint as reported by Amar Ujala, Hindustan, Dainik Bhaskar and Jagran). The allegations are under police investigation.

Outcome

Ongoing

What remains unknown

When the fake accounts were created and when the video was made and circulated; the reports give no dates other than the complaint (about 21-22 September 2026) and describe the circulation and threats as continuing.
The tool used and whether police have examined the video; the AI attribution is the father's.
The accused's identity and response; whether he has been questioned or arrested.
Whether the earlier fake accounts involved AI-generated content.
The exact sections applied and the case number.

What the evidence supports

AI involvement: reported. The father's complaint, as reported by all four outlets, says the obscene video was made from his daughter's photograph using AI technology ('एआई तकनीक'); the police statements reported concern the registration and investigation of the case and do not describe any examination of the video.

2 claims: 1 corroborated, 1 reported. What the statuses mean

Reported A student’s father alleges that a young man impersonated her online, made a sexual video from her photograph using AI and sent it to others. He also alleges impersonation of a family member and threats.

Causal attribution. The father's written complaint as reported by four Hindi newsrooms; the accused's account is not reported.

bhaskar.com(opens in new tab) supports · Hindi
'आरोप है कि युवक ने छात्रा के सोशल मीडिया अकाउंट का स्क्रीनशॉट लिया। फिर उसके नाम और फोटो से मिलती-जुलती फर्जी इंस्टाग्राम आईडी बनाई। इसके बाद AI तकनीक से छात्रा की फोटो का अश्लील वीडियो तैयार किया'; 'इससे पहले भी आरोपी ने छात्रा और उसकी मां की फोटो से दो अलग-अलग फर्जी आईडी बनाई थीं। जब परिवार ने इसका विरोध किया, तो आरोपी ने पूरे परिवार को'
jagran.com(opens in new tab) supports · Hindi
'बांसडीह कस्बा निवासी एक युवक ने 17 वर्षीय छात्रा की इंटरनेट मीडिया पर उपलब्ध फोटो का कथित तौर पर दुरुपयोग कर उसके नाम से मिलती-जुलती फर्जी इंस्टाग्राम आइडी बनाई। आरोप है कि इसके बाद एआइ तकनीक से आपत्तिजनक वीडियो तैयार कर उसे छात्रा के सहपाठियों, दोस्तों और रिश्तेदारों को भेजा गया।'
amarujala.com(opens in new tab) supports · Hindi
'पिता के अनुसार, आरोपी युवक उनकी बेटी के साथ एक ही विद्यालय में पढ़ता था। युवक की हरकतों के कारण उसे विद्यालय से निकाल दिया गया था।'
livehindustan.com(opens in new tab) supports · Hindi
'एक पिता ने 17 वर्षीय अपनी बेटी की तस्वीर के साथ एआई के जरिए छेड़छाड़ कर अश्लील वीडियो बनाकर वायरल करने की शिकायत पुलिस से की है।'; 'वीडियो को और ज्यादा वायरल करने'

Corroborated Police said the accounts, material and accused person’s role were being investigated; Jagran reported a case registered under the IT Act. No arrest was reported.

Causal attribution. Police statements to Dainik Bhaskar and Jagran; Amar Ujala's note that police are investigating.

bhaskar.com(opens in new tab) supports · Hindi
'थाना प्रभारी राकेश सिंह ने बताया कि इस मामले में केस दर्ज करने के निर्देश दिए गए हैं। पुलिस ने जांच शुरू कर दी है। फर्जी सोशल मीडिया अकाउंट, वायरल सामग्री और आरोपी की भूमिका की जांच की जा रही है।'
jagran.com(opens in new tab) supports · Hindi
'पुलिस ने कस्बे के एक युवक के खिलाफ मुकदमा दर्ज किया है।'; 'पुलिस ने तहरीर के आधार पर आइटी एक्ट की संबंधित धाराओं में कार्रवाई शुरू की है।'
amarujala.com(opens in new tab) supports · Hindi
'प्रभारी निरीक्षक राकेश सिंह ने बताया कि मामले में प्राथमिकी दर्ज करने के निर्देश दिए गए हैं।'

Sources

4 sources inspected. Sources that repeat one account do not corroborate each other.

Dainik Bhaskar ([locality withheld]/[locality withheld]) — report on the case(opens in new tab)
s1 · bhaskar.com · News report · Hindi · Inspected · 22 September 2026 · Primary
amarujala.com(opens in new tab)
s2 · News report · Hindi · Inspected
livehindustan.com(opens in new tab)
s3 · News report · Hindi · Inspected
jagran.com(opens in new tab)
s4 · News report · Hindi · Inspected

How the sources were read, and where the events happened

Read live on 2026-09-26 (Dainik Bhaskar, [locality withheld]/[locality withheld] local page, 22 September 2026; Hindi). Fullest account: expulsion and grudge, screenshots, fake Instagram ID, AI video, circulation, earlier fake accounts, death threats, [identifying detail withheld] as age proof, SHO Rakesh Singh's statement. Translation by the reviewer; no human translator. Applies to s1.

Read live on 2026-09-26 (Amar Ujala, [locality withheld] edition, dated 22/23 September 2026; Hindi). Father's tehreer at [locality withheld] kotwali; former schoolmate expelled; fake Instagram ID; police investigating. Reviewer translation. Applies to s2.

Read live on 2026-09-26 (Hindustan, [locality withheld] correspondent, 22 September 2026; Hindi). Father's complaint of AI manipulation of his [identifying detail withheld] daughter's picture into an obscene video and its circulation; the grudge after expulsion. Reviewer translation. Applies to s3.

Read live on 2026-09-26 via the mobile path (Dainik Jagran, [locality withheld] correspondent, 23 September 2026; Hindi). Reports the case registered against the youth under the IT Act, the [identifying detail withheld] student's age (17), the fake Instagram ID and circulation to classmates and relatives, earlier fake IDs and threats. Reviewer translation. Applies to s4.

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

All four reports place the family, the accused and the police station in [locality withheld], [locality withheld] district, Uttar Pradesh (Dainik Bhaskar 'बलिया के बांसडीह'; Amar Ujala 'बांसडीह कोतवाली'). No court proceeding is reported.

Reviewed for publication 2026-09-26: Published under the 2026-09-15 charter as a depicted-minor case with a registered police case, reported by four separate Hindi newsrooms from the father's complaint and the station house officer's statement; allegations are recorded as reported. The girl, her mother and the accused are not named and the video is not described.

People described

A teenage student and a family member in Uttar Pradesh reportedly impersonated online.

People reported harmed in this case

At least 1 person

0 AI participants · 1 other person harmed

At least one depicted person, the 17-year-old student (all four reports). The complaint also says an earlier fake account used her mother's photograph and that the whole family was threatened, without describing AI-made content of the mother, so the count is a documented minimum of 1.

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

Cite this case

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

APA

NOPE. (2026). Family alleges AI sexual-video abuse and online impersonation of a student in India. AI incidents. https://nope.net/incidents/2026-uttar-pradesh-student-alleged-ai-video-impersonation

BibTeX

@misc{2026_uttar_pradesh_student_alleged_ai_video_impersonation,
  title = {Family alleges AI sexual-video abuse and online impersonation of a student in India},
  author = {NOPE},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {AI incidents},
  url = {https://nope.net/incidents/2026-uttar-pradesh-student-alleged-ai-video-impersonation}
}

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