Aamir Khan deepfake showing political promotion leads to FIR by Mumbai Police

The Mumbai Police have registered an FIR towards an unidentified individual in reference to a deepfake video of Bollywood famous person Aamir Khan, wherein he’s purportedly seen selling a political get together, an official stated.

The FIR was filed on Wednesday on the Khar police station, following a grievance by Khan’s workplace, beneath related Indian Penal Code sections, together with 419 (impersonation), 420 (dishonest) and provisions of the Information Technology Act, the official stated.

In the purported 27-second clip, which appears to have been edited utilizing synthetic intelligence (AI) expertise, Khan may be seen speaking about staying away from rhetoric (jumla).

The deepfake video reveals the actor purportedly in a scene from a decade-old episode of his tv present, ‘Satyamev Jayate’.

A spokesperson for Khan on Tuesday stated whereas the actor previously raised electoral consciousness by Election Commission campaigns, he by no means promoted any political get together.

“We need to make clear that Mr Aamir Khan has by no means endorsed any political get together all through his 35-year profession. He has devoted his efforts to elevating consciousness by Election Commission public consciousness campaigns for a lot of previous elections,” the spokesperson stated in an announcement.

“We are alarmed by the current viral video alleging that Aamir Khan is selling a specific political get together. He would love to make clear that this can be a pretend video and completely unfaithful. He has reported the matter to varied authorities associated to this concern, together with submitting an FIR with the Cyber Crime Cell of the Mumbai Police,” the assertion stated.

The “Laal Singh Chaddha” actor has additionally appealed to folks to come out and vote and be an energetic a part of the electoral course of, his spokesperson added.

The Lok Sabha elections can be held in seven phases from April 19 to June 1. The outcomes can be introduced on June 4.