Description: Police in Durg, Chhattisgarh, India reportedly registered a First Information Report (FIR) after Indian National Congress leaders alleged that a suspected AI-generated deepfake video targeted former state chief minister Bhupesh Baghel and his former deputy secretary, Saumya Chaurasia. Police reportedly said the video circulated through Instagram handles, and that a cyber team was investigating.
Entities
View all entitiesAlleged: Unknown deepfake technology developers developed an AI system deployed by Unknown disinformation actors , congresspolkhol and randomchhattisgarh, which harmed Bhupesh Baghel , Saumya Chaurasia , Epistemic integrity , General public and General public of India.
Incident Stats
Incident ID
1475
Report Count
1
Incident Date
2026-04-28
Editors
Daniel Atherton
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Raipur: A suspected AI-generated deepfake video targeting former Chhattisgarh chief minister Bhupesh Baghel has triggered a political storm in Durg, prompting police to register an FIR, write to Instagram for account details, and begin trac…
Variants
A "variant" is an AI incident similar to a known case—it has the same causes, harms, and AI system. Instead of listing it separately, we group it under the first reported incident. Unlike other incidents, variants do not need to have been reported outside the AIID. Learn more from the research paper.
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