The Delhi Police has questioned a 19-year-old youth from Bihar in reference to a deepfake video of actor Rashmika Mandanna that was broadly circulated on social media not too long ago, officers stated on Wednesday.
The police suspect that the youth had first uploaded the video on his social media platform and later shared it broadly on different platforms.
He was given discover to affix the probe because the video was first uploaded on social media from his account, a senior officer informed PTI.
On November 10, an FIR was registered underneath sections 465 (punishment for forgery) and 469 (forgery for objective of harming repute) of the Indian Penal Code and sections 66C and 66E of the Info Expertise Act on the Intelligence Fusion and Strategic Operations (IFSO) Unit of the Delhi Police’s Particular Cell.
Nonetheless, town police on Tuesday stated no arrest has been made in reference to the case thus far.
“Although he stated that he had downloaded the video from an Instagram account, we’re interrogating him,” the officer stated.
The youth, a local of Bihar, was requested to seem earlier than the IFSO Unit and convey his cell phone, which he claimed was used to add the video, the officer stated.
Quickly after registering an FIR, the IFSO Unit additionally wrote to Meta to get the URL and different particulars to establish the accused.
