{"meta":{"exportedAt":"2026-09-30T06:32:27.180Z","formatVersion":2,"selection":{"q":"hindi","system":"","harm":"","context":"","country":"","role":"","relation":"core","evidence":"","year":"2026","response":"","severity":"","verification":"","view":"incidents","sort":"added"},"totalIncidents":3,"coverage":{"cases":3,"countries":1,"languages":2,"unknownLocation":0,"locationPending":0,"unknownLanguage":0,"unknownDate":0,"lawsuits":0,"regulatory":2,"minors":0,"coreRelations":3,"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-bengaluru-byappanahalli-cm-vijay-deepfake-whatsapp-video-call-aid-fraud","caseFacts":{"claims":[{"id":"c1","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'a voice and face appearing on a WhatsApp video call allegedly convinced a 29-year-old security guard that he was speaking to Tamil Nadu chief minister and actor C Joseph Vijay'; 'a fraudster allegedly used a deepfake AI-generated video'; 'he received a WhatsApp video call from the number'; 'on Sept 9'; 'After introducing himself as CM Vijay in Hindi'; 'I was offered financial help from Vijay’s personal account'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'the familiar face speaking to him was allegedly an AI-generated deepfake'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"}],"assertion":"On 9 September 2026 a Bengaluru security guard received a WhatsApp video call in which a face and voice presented as Tamil Nadu Chief Minister C. Joseph Vijay introduced himself in Hindi and offered him financial aid; the Times of India reports that the fraudster allegedly used a deepfake AI-generated video.","causal_attribution":"Complainant's account and TOI's description; CNBC TV18 repeats it. No forensic or police finding on the video is reported."},{"id":"c2","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'The manager offered Rs 11 lakh in aid'; 'was asked to pay Rs 5,000 as exchange charges'; 'he needed to pay Rs 18,000 to release it'; 'claiming to be Thakur from the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) contacted me and demanded over Rs 50,000 as a fine imposed by the agency'; 'I made a few more payments totalling over Rs 1.04 lakh through a digital payment app'; 'When the fraudsters demanded another Rs 50,000, I refused and realised I had been duped'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"After the call, a 'manager' promised Rs 11 lakh and demanded exchange and PIN-unlock charges, and a man posing as a CBI officer demanded more than Rs 50,000 as a fine; the complainant paid more than Rs 1.04 lakh through a digital payment app before refusing a further Rs 50,000 demand.","causal_attribution":"The complainant's first-person account to TOI. The loss followed the video call; the later demands came from human callers posing as a manager and a CBI officer."},{"id":"c3","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'before approaching Byappanahalli police. A case has been registered under the Information Technology Act'; 'This is the first such case reported in the city'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"The complainant called the 1930 cybercrime helpline and went to Byappanahalli police, who registered a case under the Information Technology Act; TOI calls it the first such case reported in the city.","causal_attribution":"As reported by TOI; the FIR itself was not read."},{"id":"c4","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'The available information, however, does not establish that the person arrested in Rajasthan was directly involved in the fraud reported by Giri in Bengaluru.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"}],"assertion":"The available information does not establish that the man arrested in Alwar in the Tamil Nadu CB-CID deepfake investigation was involved in the Bengaluru fraud.","causal_attribution":"CNBC TV18's own statement; supports recording this as a separate case from 2026-tamil-nadu-cm-vijay-deepfake-financial-aid-fraud."}],"effects":[{"label":"lost more than Rs 1.04 lakh to staged fee and fake CBI-fine demands after a WhatsApp video call with an alleged deepfake of the Tamil Nadu Chief Minister offering aid","claim_id":"c2","direction":"negative"}],"sources":[{"id":"s1","url":"https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bengaluru/cm-vijay-whatsapp-call/articleshow/134215533.cms","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"Read live in English on 2026-09-28 (Times of India, Bengaluru, byline H M Chaithanya Swamy, published 13 September 2026 22:57 IST, modified 14 September). The complainant's account given to TOI and to police; a senior officer quoted.","independence_group":"toi-bengaluru-complainant"},{"id":"s2","url":"https://www.cnbctv18.com/india/cm-vijay-deepfake-scam-bengaluru-security-guard-rs-11-lakh-offer-19991710.htm","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"Read live in English on 2026-09-28 (CNBC TV18, 16 September 2026). Retells the TOI account without new sourcing (same chain); gives the complainant's age as 39 where TOI says 29. Adds context on the Tamil Nadu CB-CID case and the statement that no link to the Alwar accused is established.","independence_group":"toi-bengaluru-complainant"}],"version":1,"ai_roles":["others_use"],"contexts":["finance","everyday_life"],"unknowns":["Whether the video was a live face-swap or pre-recorded clips, which tool was used, and whether police have examined it.","Who made the calls and from where; no arrest is reported.","Whether this fraud is connected to the Facebook deepfake videos investigated by the Tamil Nadu CB-CID.","The exact dates of the individual payments after 9 September.","The complainant's age (TOI says 29, CNBC TV18 says 39)."],"geography":{"basis":"The complainant lives and works in Bengaluru and reported to Byappanahalli police in Bengaluru (Times of India). Where the callers were located is not reported. No court proceeding is reported, so court_countries is empty.","court_countries":[],"event_countries":["IN"],"affected_person_countries":["IN"]},"publication":{"basis":"Published under the 2026-09-15 charter as a core case: an alleged deepfake of a public figure communicated with the complainant in a WhatsApp video call, and he reports a loss of more than Rs 1.04 lakh with a police case registered. One reporting chain (TOI, retold by CNBC TV18); the AI attribution is reported, not forensically established. The complainant is not named.","reviewed_on":"2026-09-28"},"ai_involvement":{"basis":"The Times of India reports that the fraudster allegedly used a deepfake AI-generated video of the Chief Minister in the WhatsApp video call; the complainant describes a face and voice presenting as Vijay that spoke to him in Hindi and asked him questions. The AI attribution is the complainant's and the newspaper's; no police or forensic finding on the video, the tool used, or whether the call was live or pre-recorded is reported. The synthetic likeness depicted the Chief Minister, not the complainant, and was used to speak to and question the complainant in the video call; the relation is recorded as communicated_with.","status":"reported"},"person_relations":["communicated_with"]},"name":"Bengaluru: a security guard says a WhatsApp video call in which an alleged deepfake 'Chief Minister Vijay' offered him financial aid led to fake 'processing' charges and a fake CBI fine, and he lost more than Rs 1.04 lakh; Byappanahalli police register an IT Act case (September 2026)","summary":"A security guard in Bengaluru, originally from Odisha, told the Times of India that on 9 September 2026 he answered a WhatsApp video call in which a face and voice presented as Tamil Nadu Chief Minister C. Joseph Vijay introduced himself in Hindi, asked his name, work and where he lived and pressed him to accept financial help. A 'manager' then promised Rs 11 lakh, said Rs 5 lakh had been allotted to him and asked for a Rs 5,000 exchange charge, then Rs 18,000 to unlock a supposedly locked PIN; a caller posing as a CBI officer demanded more than Rs 50,000 as a fine. The fraudsters sent a fake allotment letter and a purported CBI officer's identity proof. He paid more than Rs 1.04 lakh through a digital payment app before refusing a further Rs 50,000 demand, called the 1930 cybercrime helpline and went to Byappanahalli police, who registered a case under the Information Technology Act. The Times of India says the fraudster allegedly used a deepfake AI-generated video and calls it the first such case reported in the city. No arrest is reported, and no link to the Tamil Nadu CB-CID deepfake case or its Alwar arrest has been established.","incidentDate":"2026-09-09","incidentKind":"bounded_series","incidentDatePrecision":"day","exposurePattern":"repeated_interactions","reportedDate":"2026-09-13","aiSystem":"An alleged deepfake AI-generated video likeness and voice of Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Vijay shown in a WhatsApp video call (Times of India); the tool and whether the call was live or pre-recorded are not reported","aiProduct":"Unidentified video tool","severity":"medium","verificationStatus":"credible","harmCategories":[],"harmOutcomes":["financial_loss"],"harmOutcomeSummary":"The complainant says he lost more than Rs 1.04 lakh after a WhatsApp video call with an alleged deepfake of the Tamil Nadu Chief Minister led to staged fee and fake CBI-fine demands (his account to the Times of India and his police complaint).","frameworkFacets":[],"causationStatus":"alleged","participantUsersAffectedMin":1,"otherPeopleHarmedMin":0,"affectedCountStatus":"exact","affectedCountEvidence":"One person, the Bengaluru complainant who says he paid more than Rs 1.04 lakh after the video call (Times of India). Chief Minister Vijay, whose likeness was allegedly faked, is not counted as a harmed person here. Exact 1.","victimAgeRange":"adult","jurisdiction":"IN-KA","platformType":"other","outcomeType":"investigation_opened","outcomeStatus":"ongoing","primarySourceUrl":"https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bengaluru/cm-vijay-whatsapp-call/articleshow/134215533.cms","primarySourceLabel":"Times of India (Bengaluru), 13 September 2026: 'CM Vijay' WhatsApp call promises Rs 11 lakh aid, Bengaluru man loses Rs 1 lakh","firstPublishedAt":"2026-09-28T03:31:33.034103+00:00","updatedAt":"2026-09-30T01:17:26.844463+00:00","scopeVersion":"facts-v3","tags":["deepfake","public-figure-impersonation","video-call","whatsapp","fraud","fake-cbi-officer","india","karnataka","bengaluru","tamil-nadu-cm-vijay"]},{"id":"2026-tamil-nadu-cm-vijay-deepfake-financial-aid-fraud","caseFacts":{"claims":[{"id":"c1","status":"corroborated","evidence":[{"locator":"'deepfake videos in which Vijay was shown speaking in Hindi and asking people to contact a WhatsApp number'; 'arrested on September 12 and handed over to Tamil Nadu Police'; 'A case was registered in Tamil Nadu on Sept 1'.","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'an AI-generated version of Vijay speaking in a fabricated Hindi voice'; 'arrested on September 12 in Alwar district'; 'registered a case on September 1'.","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"}],"assertion":"AI-generated videos showing a simulated Chief Minister Vijay with a Hindi voice-over asked viewers to contact a WhatsApp number for financial aid; the CB-CID registered a case on 1 September 2026 and on 12 September a 28-year-old Alwar man was arrested and remanded in Tamil Nadu.","causal_attribution":"Reported by the Rajasthan police side (TOI) and the Tamil Nadu CB-CID side (India Today) independently."},{"id":"c2","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'used to cheat several people in Madhya Pradesh and other states'; 'The CBCID also traced a man in Madhya Pradesh who had lost money in the fraud'.","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"},{"locator":"'the scam had already claimed victims in Madhya Pradesh and other states'; 'statements from a victim in Madhya Pradesh'.","relation":"supports","source_id":"s3"},{"locator":"'attempts were made to cheat people in several states, including Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan'.","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"People in Madhya Pradesh and other states lost money to the scheme; the CB-CID traced a Madhya Pradesh man who lost money and recorded his statement.","causal_attribution":"Police account; TOI's Rajasthan-side wording ('attempts were made to cheat') is weaker than the CB-CID's ('lost money'), so the claim is recorded as reported."}],"effects":[{"label":"people in Madhya Pradesh and other states lost money to deepfake 'financial assistance' videos of the Chief Minister; one victim documented","claim_id":"c2","direction":"negative"}],"sources":[{"id":"s1","url":"https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/jaipur/raj-man-held-for-ai-deepfake-fraud-using-tamil-nadu-cm-vijays-videos/articleshow/134294900.cms","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"Read in English on 2026-09-18 (Times of India, Jaipur, 16 Sep 2026). Rajasthan-side account with Alwar SP and Lakshmangarh station quotations.","independence_group":"toi-jaipur"},{"id":"s2","url":"https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/cm-vijay-ai-deepfake-scam-tamil-nadu-cbcid-arrests-rajasthan-man-2994535-2026-09-14","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"Read in English on 2026-09-18 (India Today, 14 Sep 2026). CB-CID account including the Madhya Pradesh victim and the Pakistan-linked accounts.","independence_group":"cbcid-release"},{"id":"s3","url":"https://www.newspointapp.com/english/top-news/rajasthan-man-held-for-circulating-deepfake-video-of-tn-cm-udayavani/articleshow/1450482066292b26f3fe72876b1dda49906109bd","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"Read in English on 2026-09-18 via the MSN content API copy (Udayavani/PTI, 15 Sep 2026). Official-release account; same chain as the CB-CID statement.","independence_group":"cbcid-release"}],"version":1,"ai_roles":["others_use"],"contexts":["finance","everyday_life","justice"],"unknowns":["The number of defrauded people and the amounts lost are not published.","When the videos began circulating is not stated; the case was registered on 1 September.","Whether the accused acted alone and who operates the Pakistan-linked accounts remain under investigation.","The AI tools used are not identified."],"geography":{"basis":"Case registered by the Tamil Nadu CB-CID; arrest in Alwar district, Rajasthan; victims traced in Madhya Pradesh (India Today, TOI). Remand in Tamil Nadu.","court_countries":["IN"],"event_countries":["IN"],"affected_person_countries":["IN"]},"publication":{"basis":"Published under the 2026-09-15 charter as an impersonation-fraud case with a documented human consequence: a public figure's likeness and voice were fabricated to solicit money and at least one identified victim lost money, with an arrest and remand. Three sources read across two independent reporting chains; defrauded people unnamed; the accused is not named here because outlets spell his name inconsistently.","reviewed_on":"2026-09-18"},"ai_involvement":{"basis":"Police describe AI-generated videos with a simulated likeness of the Chief Minister and a fabricated Hindi voice; no forensic detail is published. The AI artifact depicted and impersonated a public figure; the defrauded people dealt with the fraudsters over WhatsApp.","status":"reported"},"person_relations":["depicted_or_impersonated"]},"name":"India: AI deepfake videos of Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Vijay offering 'financial assistance' were used to defraud people in Madhya Pradesh and other states; a Rajasthan man was arrested","summary":"In 2026 AI-generated videos showing a simulated Tamil Nadu Chief Minister C. Joseph Vijay speaking in a fabricated Hindi voice circulated on Facebook and other platforms, urging viewers to contact a WhatsApp number to receive money for education, medical treatment and other needs. The Tamil Nadu Crime Branch-CID detected the videos during routine monitoring, registered a case on 1 September 2026 under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and the Information Technology Act, and traced the scheme to Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh. On 12 September a 28-year-old man from Alwar district was arrested with Rajasthan Police, brought to Tamil Nadu on a transit warrant and remanded in judicial custody; a phone, SIM cards and a CPU were seized. Investigators traced a man in Madhya Pradesh who had lost money, and said people in several states were cheated. The CB-CID is also examining similar videos posted from Facebook accounts suspected to be run from Pakistan.","incidentDate":"2026-09-01","incidentKind":"bounded_series","incidentDatePrecision":"month","exposurePattern":"repeated_interactions","reportedDate":"2026-09-14","aiSystem":"AI deepfake video and synthetic Hindi voice-over of Chief Minister Vijay (tools not named)","aiProduct":"Unidentified video tool","severity":"medium","verificationStatus":"credible","harmCategories":[],"harmOutcomes":["financial_loss","reputational_harm"],"harmOutcomeSummary":"People in Madhya Pradesh and other states lost money after responding to AI deepfake videos of the Tamil Nadu Chief Minister promising financial help; the Chief Minister's likeness and voice were fabricated for the fraud. One victim's loss is documented through his police statement; the number and amounts are not published.","frameworkFacets":[],"causationStatus":"supported","participantUsersAffectedMin":0,"otherPeopleHarmedMin":1,"affectedCountStatus":"partial","affectedCountEvidence":"The CB-CID traced one man in Madhya Pradesh who lost money and gave a statement (India Today; Newspoint/PTI); police say people in 'several states' were cheated without a count. One counted plus unquantified others: partial. The Chief Minister is not counted as a harmed person.","victimAgeRange":"unknown","jurisdiction":"IN","platformType":"other","outcomeType":"criminal_charges","outcomeStatus":"ongoing","primarySourceUrl":"https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/cm-vijay-ai-deepfake-scam-tamil-nadu-cbcid-arrests-rajasthan-man-2994535-2026-09-14","primarySourceLabel":"India Today, 14 Sep 2026: Pak-linked accounts spread CM Vijay's deepfakes to dupe people; one arrested (Tamil Nadu CB-CID account)","firstPublishedAt":"2026-09-18T03:25:10.709351+00:00","updatedAt":"2026-09-30T01:17:56.068616+00:00","scopeVersion":"facts-v3","tags":["deepfake","voice-clone","public-figure-impersonation","fraud","india","tamil-nadu","rajasthan","madhya-pradesh","facebook","whatsapp"]},{"id":"2026-indore-ai-photos-blackmail","caseFacts":{"claims":[{"id":"c1","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'बाणगंगा थाना क्षेत्र में एक छात्रा ने युवक पर आरोप लगाया है कि उसने उसकी पुरानी तस्वीरों को एआई की मदद से आपत्तिजनक तरीके से एडिट किया।'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'एक निजी कॉलेज की प्रथम वर्ष की छात्रा ने अपने ही एक परिचित युवक पर गंभीर आरोप लगाए हैं।'; 'उस समय शादी के माहौल में दोनों के बीच सामान्य जान-पहचान हुई और इसी दौरान आरोपी ने छात्रा की कुछ तस्वीरें भी खींच ली थीं।'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"},{"locator":"'इनकार करने पर आरोपी ने शादी में साथ खीचें फोटो को एआइ की मदद से अश्लील बनाकर सोशल मीडिया पर वायरल करने की धमकी देना शुरू कर दी।'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s3"}],"assertion":"A first-year student at a private college in Indore complained that a young man she met at her sister's wedding in 2024, who took some of her photographs there, later pressed her to marry him and, when she refused, threatened to edit her photographs with AI into objectionable (Navbharat Times, Amar Ujala) or obscene (Patrika) images and post them online, and blackmailed her.","causal_attribution":"Complainant's account as relayed by the Banganga police (one chain)."},{"id":"c2","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'आरोपी छात्रा के मंगेतर तक पहुंच गया और उसे एडिट की गई तस्वीरें दिखाईं। तस्वीरें देखने के बाद दोनों परिवारों में विवाद की स्थिति बन गई और आखिरकार सगाई टूट गई।'; 'इस घटना के बाद छात्रा गहरे मानसिक तनाव में चली गई।'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'पीड़िता ने पुलिस को बताया कि दो माह पूर्व परिवार ने उनकी शादी एक युवक से तय कर दी।'; 'उसने मंगेतर को डरा धमकाकर शादी तुड़वाई।'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s3"},{"locator":"'जब पीड़िता के परिवार ने उसकी शादी कहीं और तय करने की कोशिश की, तो आरोपी ने वहां भी बाधा डाली।'; 'लगभग दो महीने पहले जब युवती की सगाई हुई, तो आरोपी सीधे उसके घर पहुंच गया और होने वाले मंगेतर के सामने युवती के चरित्र पर झूठे आरोप लगाए, जिसके परिणामस्वरूप छात्रा की सगाई टूट गई।'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"}],"assertion":"After her family arranged her engagement elsewhere, the accused intervened and the engagement was broken off: Navbharat Times says he reached her fiancé and showed him the edited pictures; Patrika says he went to the fiancé's home and intimidated him; Amar Ujala says he came to her house at the engagement about two months earlier and made false allegations about her character in front of the prospective fiancé. The student went into severe mental distress.","causal_attribution":"Complainant's account as relayed by police; the three descriptions of how the fiancé was approached are all recorded."},{"id":"c3","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'इस मानसिक प्रताड़ना और सामाजिक अपमान से तंग आकर छात्रा ने आत्महत्या जैसा आत्मघाती कदम उठाने का मन बना लिया था।'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"},{"locator":"'एडिशनल डीसीपी अमरेंद्र सिंह के मुताबिक छात्रा की शिकायत के आधार पर एफआईआर दर्ज कर ली गई है।'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'अब पुलिस फरार आरोपी की तलाश में जुटी है।'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s3"}],"assertion":"Worn down by the harassment and social humiliation, she had resolved to take a suicidal step before confiding in her family, who took her to senior police officers; an FIR was registered at Banganga police station under the IT Act and sections on threats and defamation, and police were searching for the accused.","causal_attribution":"Amar Ujala's account of the suicidal intention and Navbharat Times' police quotation; no attempt is described."}],"effects":[{"label":"a college student was blackmailed with AI-edited images of herself; her engagement was broken off after the accused approached her fiancé, leaving her in severe distress","claim_id":"c2","direction":"negative"}],"sources":[{"id":"s1","url":"https://navbharattimes.indiatimes.com/state/madhya-pradesh/indore/young-woman-photo-shown-to-her-fianc-engagement-broken-after-youth-in-indore-misuses-ai/articleshow/131043889.cms","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"hi","translation_note":"Read live on 2026-09-25 (Navbharat Times, Indore, 12 May 2026; html lang=hi). Hindi; passages quoted in the original and paraphrased in English by the reviewer. Quotes Additional DCP Amrendra Singh.","independence_group":"indore-banganga-complaint-may-2026"},{"id":"s2","url":"https://www.amarujala.com/madhya-pradesh/indore/indore-news-college-student-blackmailed-with-ai-edited-photos-2026-05-12","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"hi","translation_note":"Read live on 2026-09-25 (Amar Ujala, Indore, 12 May 2026; html lang=hi). Hindi; same complaint as relayed by police; adds the threats to kill and the suicidal intention.","independence_group":"indore-banganga-complaint-may-2026"},{"id":"s3","url":"https://www.patrika.com/indore-news/student-s-obscene-ai-generated-video-used-to-intimidate-fiance-s-family-and-force-cancellation-of-wedding-20575699","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"hi","translation_note":"Read live on 2026-09-25 (Patrika, Indore, 13 May 2026; html lang=hi). Hindi; same complaint; describes the visit to the fiancé's home.","independence_group":"indore-banganga-complaint-may-2026"}],"version":1,"ai_roles":["others_use"],"contexts":["relationships","privacy","education"],"unknowns":["Whether the accused has been arrested or charged since May 2026.","Whether the edited images or a video were actually published anywhere; the reports describe threats and the showing of pictures to the fiancé and family.","The tool used and whether police examined the images.","When the blackmail began is not established (after the 2024 wedding). The engagement was fixed and broken about two months before the 12-13 May 2026 reports (Amar Ujala 'लगभग दो महीने पहले'; Patrika 'दो माह पूर्व'), so the incident month is recorded as March 2026, approximately; the complaint month is a reporting date and is not used as the event date.","The complainant's age (a first-year college student; recorded as adult on that basis without a stated age)."],"geography":{"basis":"Complaint at Banganga police station, Indore, Madhya Pradesh; the complainant studies at a college in Indore and the accused is from a locality of Indore (Navbharat Times, Amar Ujala). No court proceeding is reported.","court_countries":[],"event_countries":["IN"],"affected_person_countries":["IN"]},"publication":{"basis":"Restored under the 2026-09-15 charter as an image-based blackmail case with one identified (unnamed) depicted person, an FIR and a reported broken engagement and severe distress, based on three Hindi reports relaying the complainant's account through the Indore police (one chain); claims recorded as reported. The original ID and first-publication timestamp are preserved; the historical row's statement of a suicide attempt is corrected to a reported suicidal intention. The accused is not named in the public text.","reviewed_on":"2026-09-25"},"ai_involvement":{"basis":"The complainant, as relayed by the Banganga police to three Hindi outlets, alleges that the accused edited her photographs with AI into an objectionable form and threatened to make them and a video viral; Navbharat Times says the edited pictures were shown to her fiancé. No tool is identified and the images were not examined by the reports.","status":"reported"},"person_relations":["depicted_or_impersonated"]},"name":"Indore: a first-year college student complained in May 2026 that a man she met at her sister's wedding edited her photographs with AI into objectionable images after she refused to marry him, blackmailed her with them and, after approaching her fiancé (the reports differ on how), caused her engagement to be broken off; she had been contemplating suicide before confiding in her family (Navbharat Times, Amar Ujala, Patrika, 12-13 May 2026)","summary":"Indore police registered an FIR at Banganga police station on a first-year college student's complaint reported on 12 and 13 May 2026. She said she had met the accused, a young man from the Indore area, at her sister's wedding in 2024, where he took some photographs of her; he later pressed her to marry him and, when she refused, threatened to edit her photographs with AI into objectionable (Navbharat Times, Amar Ujala) or obscene (Patrika) images and post them online. Navbharat Times reports that he edited the pictures with AI, blackmailed her with them and, after her family arranged her engagement elsewhere, reached her fiancé and showed him the edited pictures, after which the families quarrelled and the engagement was broken; Patrika says he went to the fiancé's home and intimidated him into breaking the match; Amar Ujala says he also threatened to kill her and her family and sent edited pictures when her family tried to reason with him, and that when her engagement took place about two months earlier he went to her house and made false allegations about her character in front of the prospective fiancé, after which the engagement broke. She went into severe mental distress and, according to Amar Ujala, had resolved to take a suicidal step before telling her family, who took her to the police. The FIR was registered under the IT Act and sections on criminal intimidation and defamation; police were searching for the accused.","incidentDate":"2026-03-01","incidentKind":"bounded_series","incidentDatePrecision":"month","exposurePattern":"unknown","reportedDate":"2026-05-12","aiSystem":"AI image-editing tool used to alter the complainant's photographs into obscene images (not identified in the reports); Patrika also refers to an AI-made obscene video","aiProduct":"Unidentified image and video tool","severity":"high","verificationStatus":"credible","harmCategories":[],"harmOutcomes":["exploitation_or_abuse","relationship_disruption","psychological_distress"],"harmOutcomeSummary":"A college student's photographs were edited with AI into objectionable images used to blackmail her; the accused approached her fiancé (shown the edited images per Navbharat Times; intimidated in person per Patrika and Amar Ujala) and her engagement was broken off; she suffered severe mental distress and, according to Amar Ujala, had resolved on a suicidal step before confiding in her family (her complaint as relayed by police to three Hindi outlets). The AI editing and the coercion are the complainant's allegations in an untried case.","frameworkFacets":[],"causationStatus":"alleged","participantUsersAffectedMin":0,"otherPeopleHarmedMin":1,"affectedCountStatus":"exact","affectedCountEvidence":"One complainant, the college student whose photographs were edited and who was blackmailed (all three reports). Her fiancé and family are not counted as harmed.","victimAgeRange":"adult","jurisdiction":"IN","platformType":"other","outcomeType":"investigation_opened","outcomeStatus":"ongoing","primarySourceUrl":"https://navbharattimes.indiatimes.com/state/madhya-pradesh/indore/young-woman-photo-shown-to-her-fianc-engagement-broken-after-youth-in-indore-misuses-ai/articleshow/131043889.cms","primarySourceLabel":"Navbharat Times, 12 May 2026: युवती की फोटो उसके मंगेतर दिखाई, जिसके बाद टूटी सगाई; इंदौर में युवक ने AI का किया गलत इस्तेमाल","firstPublishedAt":"2026-06-15T07:32:37.615682+00:00","updatedAt":"2026-09-30T01:17:40.5921+00:00","scopeVersion":"facts-v3","tags":["deepfake","sextortion","blackmail","non-consensual-imagery","engagement","india","indore","madhya-pradesh","fir","depicted-or-impersonated"]}]}