{"meta":{"exportedAt":"2026-10-03T07:05:24.782Z","formatVersion":2,"selection":{"q":"bail-rejected","system":"","harm":"","context":"","country":"","role":"","relation":"","evidence":"","year":"","response":"","severity":"","verification":"","view":"incidents","sort":"added"},"totalIncidents":1,"coverage":{"cases":1,"countries":1,"languages":1,"unknownLocation":0,"locationPending":0,"unknownLanguage":0,"unknownDate":0,"lawsuits":0,"regulatory":0,"minors":0,"coreRelations":1,"contextualRelations":0,"mixedRelations":0,"unknownRelations":0,"relationPending":0,"relationUnknown":0},"countingNote":"Distinct public cases in this selection. People counts apply within individual cases only; cross-case person overlap has not been resolved. No population incidence estimate.","affectedCountNote":"Interpret person counts with affectedCountStatus and the reported effects. Unquantified zeros are placeholders, not a measured zero.","source":"AI incidents","publisher":"NOPE","url":"https://nope.net/incidents","license":"CC BY 4.0"},"incidents":[{"id":"2026-jhansi-ai-objectionable-image-railway-officer-blackmail-wife","caseFacts":{"claims":[{"id":"c1","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'पुलिस के अनुसार, 31 जुलाई को आरोपी युवती ने रेलवे अधिकारी की AI से एक आपत्तिजनक तस्वीर तैयार की और उसे उनकी पत्नी के नंबर पर भेज दिया'; 'शिकायत में 15 लाख रुपये की मांग किए जाने की बात कही गई है'; 'परिवार की अन्य अविवाहित महिलाओं की तस्वीरें भी उसके पास होने की बात कही'; 'आरोपी युवती ने परिवार को जान से मारने की धमकी भी दी थी'; 'इसके बाद तस्वीर को लेकर ब्लैकमेल करते हुए रुपये की मांग की गई'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'हमारे घर-परिवार की महिलाओं की AI से एडिटेड आपत्तिजनक फोटो सोशल मीडिया पर वायरल करने की धमकी दी'; 'की आपत्तिजनक एडिटेड फोटो मेरे वॉट्सएप पर भेजीं'; 'ने 2 जून को हमारे सरकारी घर में हंगामा किया'; 'वहां उसने गाली-गलौज करते हुए 15 लाख रुपए की मांग की'; 'उसने परिवार को जान से मारने की धमकी भी दी'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s3"}],"assertion":"According to the wife's complaint and police as reported, the accused sent the wife an objectionable image of the officer on 31 July 2026 that police say she made with AI, demanded ₹15 lakh, said she held pictures of other unmarried women in the family, threatened to circulate pictures of the family's women and threatened to kill the family. Aaj Tak reports the ₹15 lakh demand as following the 31 July image; Dainik Bhaskar reports the complaint as placing the demand and the death threat at the accused's visit to the officer's government house on 2 June.","causal_attribution":"The complaint and the police account as reported; the images were not inspected and the forensic examination result is not reported."},{"id":"c2","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'यह सिलसिला 13 जनवरी 2026 से अलग-अलग तारीखों में चल रहा था'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'डर के कारण रेल अफसर की पत्नी ने अलग-अलग तारीखों में विभिन्न माध्यमों से आरोपी को कुल 40 हजार रुपये दे दिए'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s4"},{"locator":"'40 हजार रुपए वसूल भी चुकी थी'; 'जनवरी से जून, 2026 के बीच'; 'को गूगल-पे के जरिए 7 बार रकम भेजी'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s3"}],"assertion":"According to the complaint, the accused had taken money from the family on different dates since 13 January 2026, and the wife paid her ₹40,000 in total out of fear, in seven Google Pay transfers between January and June 2026.","causal_attribution":"The complainant's figures as reported. Dainik Bhaskar reports the complaint as saying the payments were made between January and June 2026, before the 31 July image, out of fear of the threat to circulate AI-edited photos of the household's women."},{"id":"c3","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'AI से फोटो एडिट करने, ब्लैकमेलिंग करने और अवैध रूप से रुपये की वसूली करने के आरोप में युवती को गिरफ्तार किया है'; 'पुलिस ने उसके पास से दो मोबाइल फोन और एक लैपटॉप भी बरामद किया है'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'को 14 दिनों की न्यायिक अभिरक्षा में जेल भेजा दिया गया'; 'विवेचना में पुलिस इन तस्वीरों की सच्चाई का पता लगाने के लिए इनकी फोरेंसिक जांच भी कराएगी'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s4"}],"assertion":"Jhansi police arrested the accused in Prayagraj on charges of editing photos with AI, blackmail and illegal extortion, recovered two phones and a laptop, sent her to 14 days' judicial custody and said the images would be examined forensically to establish their authenticity.","causal_attribution":"Police statements as reported."},{"id":"c4","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'गुरुवार को न्यायालय संख्या-1 के अपर सत्र न्यायाधीश'; 'ने उसकी जमानत याचिका खारिज कर दी'; 'डीजीसी ने जमानत का किया विरोध'; 'ने भी अपने अधिवक्ता के जरिए जमानत के खिलाफ लिखित आपत्ति दी'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s5"},{"locator":"'गुरुवार को न्यायालय संख्या-1 के अपर सत्र न्यायाधीश'; 'ने उसकी जमानत याचिका खारिज कर दी'; 'जमानत याचिका का विरोध किया'; 'ने भी अपने अधिवक्ता के माध्यम से जमानत के खिलाफ लिखित आपत्ति दाखिल की'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s6"}],"assertion":"On Thursday 1 October 2026 an Additional Sessions Judge in Jhansi rejected the accused's bail plea after the district government counsel (crime) and the complainant opposed it.","causal_attribution":"Court outcome as reported by Dainik Bhaskar (Tirandaj relays it); the order itself was not read. Rejecting bail is not a finding on the allegations."},{"id":"c5","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'ने कहा कि मेरे ऊपर फेक FIR दर्ज हुई है'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s3"}],"assertion":"After her arrest the accused said a fake FIR had been registered against her.","causal_attribution":"The accused's statement as reported by Dainik Bhaskar; no fuller response from her or her lawyer was read."}],"effects":[{"label":"an objectionable image of the officer, which police say was made with AI, sent to his wife amid a ₹15 lakh demand and threats to circulate pictures of women in the family","claim_id":"c1","direction":"negative"},{"label":"the wife paid ₹40,000 in total out of fear, per the complaint","claim_id":"c2","direction":"negative"}],"sources":[{"id":"s1","url":"https://www.aajtak.in/uttar-pradesh/story/jhansi-railway-officer-ai-obscene-photo-blackmail-15-lakh-woman-arrested-prayagraj-lclar-strc-2640428-2026-09-10","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"hi","translation_note":"Read in Hindi on 2026-10-03 (HTTP 200). Researcher translation. Relays the complaint and quotes the Additional Superintendent of Police.","independence_group":"jhansi-police-complaint"},{"id":"s2","url":"https://www.uptak.in/neighbouring-news/jhansi/story/marina-from-karnataka-created-an-obscene-ai-generated-image-of-a-railway-official-from-jhansi-and-began-doing-this-she-even-threatened-the-victims-wife-3284816-2026-09-11","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"hi","translation_note":"Read in Hindi on 2026-10-03 (HTTP 200). Researcher translation. UP Tak shares Aaj Tak's text for the complaint and the police quote.","independence_group":"jhansi-police-complaint"},{"id":"s3","url":"https://www.bhaskar.com/local/uttar-pradesh/jhansi/news/jhansi-railway-officer-blackmail-case-ai-fake-photo-arrest-138990564.html","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"hi","translation_note":"Read in Hindi on 2026-10-03 (HTTP 200). Researcher translation. Quotes the FIR and the accused's statement on arrival in Jhansi.","independence_group":"jhansi-police-complaint"},{"id":"s4","url":"https://www.amarujala.com/uttar-pradesh/jhansi/forensic-analysis-will-be-conducted-to-determine-the-authenticity-of-ai-generated-images-jhansi-news-c-11-jhs1019-874883-2026-09-12","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"hi","translation_note":"Read in Hindi on 2026-10-03 (HTTP 200). Researcher translation. Custody, recovered images and planned forensic examination.","independence_group":"jhansi-police-complaint"},{"id":"s5","url":"https://www.bhaskar.com/local/uttar-pradesh/jhansi/news/jhansi-railway-officer-blackmail-case-marina-jessie-bail-rejected-139215805.html","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"hi","translation_note":"Read in Hindi on 2026-10-03 (HTTP 200). Researcher translation. Court report of the bail rejection.","independence_group":"jhansi-bail-hearing"},{"id":"s6","url":"https://tirandaj.com/2026/10/jhansi-news-ai-blackmail-case-marina-jesse-bail-rejected/","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"hi","translation_note":"Read in Hindi on 2026-10-03 (HTTP 200). Researcher translation. Near-verbatim rewrite of the Dainik Bhaskar bail report; same group.","independence_group":"jhansi-bail-hearing"}],"version":1,"ai_roles":["others_use"],"contexts":["privacy","finance","relationships"],"unknowns":["The result of the forensic examination of the images and which AI tool, if any, was used.","Whether the women of the family were depicted in AI-made images or only threatened.","How the accused came into contact with the officer and the nature of their earlier dealings, which Dainik Bhaskar says were not yet clear.","Whether a charge sheet has been filed."],"geography":{"basis":"The officer and his wife live in Jhansi, Uttar Pradesh, where the FIR was registered at Nawabad police station; the accused was arrested in Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh, and her bail plea was heard by a Jhansi sessions court (Aaj Tak, Dainik Bhaskar).","court_countries":["IN"],"event_countries":["IN"],"affected_person_countries":["IN"]},"publication":{"basis":"Published under the 2026-09-15 charter as a core case: police say an AI-made objectionable image of a real person was used to blackmail his family, and a sessions court has since refused the accused bail. The account rests on the complaint and police statements (one chain) plus a separate report of the bail hearing, and the accused's denial is recorded. The officer, his wife and the accused are not named and the officer's exact post is omitted.","reviewed_on":"2026-10-03"},"ai_involvement":{"basis":"The wife's complaint and Jhansi police, as reported by Aaj Tak, UP Tak, Dainik Bhaskar and Amar Ujala, say the accused made or edited objectionable images with AI; an Additional Superintendent of Police said she was arrested on charges including editing photos with AI. Police said the images would be examined forensically; no forensic result or tool name is reported, the accused calls the FIR fake, and the images were not inspected. Amar Ujala's first arrest report (10 September) and Dainik Jagran describe objectionable pictures or videos without mentioning AI.","status":"reported"},"person_relations":["depicted_or_impersonated"]},"name":"Jhansi, Uttar Pradesh: a woman is arrested and later refused bail after a railway officer's wife complained that she sent an AI-made objectionable image of the officer, demanded ₹15 lakh and threatened to circulate pictures of women in the family","summary":"Jhansi police arrested a 27-year-old woman in Prayagraj in September 2026 on charges of editing photos with AI, blackmail and extortion, after the wife of a senior railway officer living in Jhansi filed an FIR on 2 August 2026. According to the complaint as relayed by Aaj Tak, UP Tak, Dainik Bhaskar and Amar Ujala, the woman threatened to circulate objectionable pictures of women in the family, demanded ₹15 lakh and threatened to kill the family, and out of fear the family paid her ₹40,000 in total on different dates between January and June 2026. On 31 July she sent an objectionable image of the officer to his wife's phone, an image police say she made with AI. Aaj Tak places the ₹15 lakh demand after that image; Dainik Bhaskar reports the complaint as dating the demand and a death threat to the woman's visit to the family's government house on 2 June. Police recovered two phones and a laptop, and Amar Ujala reports that police will have the images examined forensically. On 1 October 2026 an Additional Sessions Judge in Jhansi rejected the woman's bail plea. In police custody after her arrest she said the FIR against her was fake. The images were not inspected.","incidentDate":"2026-01-13","incidentKind":"bounded_series","incidentDatePrecision":"day","exposurePattern":"repeated_interactions","reportedDate":"2026-09-10","aiSystem":"AI used to make or edit objectionable images of a railway officer and, per some reports, women of his family, according to the complaint and police as reported (tool not identified)","aiProduct":"Unidentified image tool","severity":"medium","verificationStatus":"credible","harmCategories":[],"harmOutcomes":["exploitation_or_abuse","financial_loss"],"harmOutcomeSummary":"A railway officer's wife paid ₹40,000 between January and June 2026 under threats to circulate AI-edited objectionable photos of the household's women, faced a ₹15 lakh demand and a death threat, and on 31 July was sent an objectionable image of her husband that police say was made with AI, according to her complaint and police as reported; the accused says the FIR is fake.","frameworkFacets":[],"causationStatus":"alleged","participantUsersAffectedMin":0,"otherPeopleHarmedMin":2,"affectedCountStatus":"documented_minimum","affectedCountEvidence":"Two people: the officer, whose AI-made objectionable image was used to blackmail the family, and his wife, who received it, was threatened and paid ₹40,000 (complaint as reported). Other women in the family were threatened and may have been depicted (Dainik Bhaskar) but the reports do not establish how many; documented minimum 2.","victimAgeRange":"adult","jurisdiction":"IN","platformType":"other","outcomeType":"criminal_charges","outcomeStatus":"ongoing","primarySourceUrl":"https://www.aajtak.in/uttar-pradesh/story/jhansi-railway-officer-ai-obscene-photo-blackmail-15-lakh-woman-arrested-prayagraj-lclar-strc-2640428-2026-09-10","primarySourceLabel":"Aaj Tak, 10 September 2026: woman arrested in Prayagraj over AI-made objectionable image of a Jhansi railway officer","firstPublishedAt":"2026-10-03T03:21:23.076841+00:00","updatedAt":"2026-10-03T03:21:23.076841+00:00","scopeVersion":"facts-v3","tags":["deepfakes","ai-edited-images","blackmail","extortion","bail-rejected","uttar-pradesh","india","depicted-or-impersonated"]}]}