As the election campaign in India draws to a close, false videos featuring two major advisers of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, causing police to look into the footage and make some members of his rival Congress party’s workers arrested, are taking center stage.
Modi claimed last week that in what has been dubbed India’s second AI election, leaders were allegedly showing” claims that we have never even thought of,” calling it a plot to” create tension in society” using fake tones.
A faked website picture that showed national home minister Amit Shah saying the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party will prevent some cultural guarantees for minorities, a subject that millions of voters find delicate, is now being investigated by Indian police, who are already looking into the spread of fake videos that show Bollywood actors criticizing Modi.
Shah responded on X by posting both his “original” and “fake” speeches, alleging that the main opposition Congress was responsible for the film it produced, mutilating the audience without providing any supporting proof. According to the secretary, “directives have been issued to the police to address this issue.”
American authorities arrested at least nine persons, including six members of Congress ‘ social , media , team, in the states of Assam, Gujarat, Telangana and New Delhi last week for circulating the false video, according to police remarks.
Arun Reddy, a national social media coordinator for the Congress, was detained on Friday ( May 3 ), when the cybercrime unit of New Delhi police detained five of the workers on bail for sharing the video. One area of New Delhi is under the direct control of the Shah’s ministry. Reddy has been sent into three- day custody.
Many Congress employees have posted on X using the hashtag# ReleaseArunReddy since the arrest. According to Manickam Tagore, a member of the Congress, the arrest is an example of” the regime’s authoritarian misuse of power.”
Congress ‘ head of social media, Supriya Shrinate, did not respond to messages and an email seeking comment.