Pramesh S Jain
The Bengaluru City Police have arrested a 25-year-old migrant worker from Bihar for allegedly creating and circulating an AI-generated video depicting a bomb blast at Vidhana Soudha, the seat of Karnataka’s legislature and government.
The accused,identified as Hazrat Ali,hails from Araria district in Bihar and had been working as a daily-wage pipe fitter in Bengaluru for the past few months.
According to police,the video surfaced on Tuesday morning on an Instagram account,jnx__king__h_g.
The clip initially showed footage recorded outside Vidhana Soudha before using artificial intelligence-generated visual effects to depict a massive explosion ripping through the iconic building.
The incident came to the police’s notice during routine digital surveillance.
Subsequently,Police Inspector S.P.Kumar Swamy of Vidhana Soudha Police Station registered an FIR under Sections 353(1)(b) and 353(2)of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS),2023.
Investigators analysed the internet protocol (IP) logs and other digital traces associated with the Instagram account, which allegedly led them to Ali’s residence in Bengaluru.
The accused has been taken into custody and is being questioned to ascertain the motive behind creating and uploading the video.
Police are also investigating whether anyone else was involved in producing or editing the clip and whether the incident has any wider security implications.
The video,which falsely portrays an explosion at a key government building,triggered a police investigation into the creation and circulation of potentially misleading digital content.
Further details are awaited from the investigating officers.
