Uttar Pradesh Police arrest man for sharing doctored video of Chief Minister Adityanath
The man, 48-year-old Shyam Kishor Gupta, was arrested at his residence in Noida.
The Special Task Force of the Uttar Pradesh Police on Thursday arrested a man for allegedly uploading a doctored video of Chief Minister Adityanath on social media platform X.
Additional Superintendent of Police (Special Task Force) Raj Kumar Mishra said that the man, identified as 48-year-old Shyam Kishor Gupta, was arrested at his residence in Noida, The Times of India reported.
The doctored video was uploaded a day earlier on X, Mishra said. “The video was posted on Twitter under the account @shyamguptarpswa, causing confusion and outrage among the public.”
माननीय मुख्यमंत्री उत्तर प्रदेश का एआई जनरेटेड डीप फेक वीडियो सोशल मीडिया प्लेटफार्म पर अपलोड कर भ्रामक तथ्य फ़ैलाने वाले अभियुक्त श्याम गुप्ता को दिनांक 02.05.2024 को @uppstf नोएडा यूनिट द्वारा गिरफ्तार किया गया है। सोशल मीडिया पर भ्रामक सूचना प्रसारित करना दंडनीय अपराध है और… pic.twitter.com/VwJW1D48ix— UP POLICE (@Uppolice) May 2, 2024
The doctored video shows Adityanath purportedly referencing the Pulwama attacks in response to Prime Minister Narendra Modi's claim that the Congress would take away women's mangalsutras if voted to power in the Lok Sabha elections.
On February 14, 2019, an explosive-laden car driven by a suicide bomber rammed into a bus carrying Central Reserve Police Force personnel, killing 40 of them in Jammu and Kashmir’s Pulwama district. Pakistani terror outfit Jaish-e-Mohammed had claimed responsibility for...
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