The nodal cyber police station of Maharashtra Cyber Police Tuesday registered an FIR against an unidentified X account user for allegedly posting a deepfake video of actor Ranveer Singh. The FIR was registered based on the complaint by Singh’s father. On Tuesday, Singh’s father Jugjeet Singh Sunder Bhavnani recorded his statement before the state cyber police. He told police that on April 14 his son had participated in a fashion show in Varanasi where he had given an interview to a news agency. On April 17, an X user posted a deepfake video of Singh, using clips from the interview, with an edited audio of him criticising Prime Minister Narendra Modi and favouring Congress, Bhavnani told the cyber police. The police said that in the said video original visuals are retained but with the help of artificial intelligence, data swapping, machine learning, AI-based speech over, a deepfake video of the actor was created. On Bhavnani's complaint the police registered an FIR under sections 417, 468, 469, 471 of the Indian Penal Code and section 66D of the IT Act against the accused X user. “The police have issued a notice to the accused user of the said X handle and are further investigating the matter," stated Maharashtra Cyber police DIG Sanjay Shintre in a statement.
