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Leh Police File FIR Against Circulators Of Deepfake Video Attributing False Statement To Ladakh DGP
Leh Police File FIR Over Deepfake Video of DGP (X)
Ladakh Police on Thursday (2 October) registered an FIR to identify and arrest those responsible for circulating a deepfake video attributing false statements to Ladakh Director General of Police (DGP) S D Singh Jamwal, reported The Hindu.
The Press Information Bureau (PIB) said that the video, which shows DGP Jamwal claiming climate activist Sonam Wangchuk was arrested on the defence minister’s directions, is deepfake.
The footage has gone viral across social media platforms.
The Cyber Unit of Leh District Police stated, “It has come to the notice of District Police Leh that a deepfake (digitally morphed) video is being circulated on social media platform X. In this video, false statements are attributed to the DGP, UT Ladakh.”
They added, “The video has been digitally manipulated using Deepfake AI with malicious intent and has the potential to disturb peace and harmony in the region. On this, FIR 148 at Police Station Leh under sections 353(2), 356 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, and 66C and 66D of the IT Act, 2000 has been registered.”
They further requested, “If any individual comes across such misleading posts or videos, it is requested to immediately inform Cyber Cell Leh.”
On 26 September, Ladakh police arrested Wangchuk following violent protests demanding UT’s statehood and Sixth Schedule status, which left four dead and around 90 injured.
