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In November 2023, a deepfake video of actress Rashmika Mandanna went viral. In the case of deepfake video, Delhi Police had arrested its accused. According to reports, now Rashmika Mandanna has recorded her statement to the police in this matter. According to the information received, the IFSO team of Delhi Police Special Cell, which is investigating the deepfake video case, has recorded Rashmika's statement in Mumbai.
Let us tell you, IFSO (Intelligence Fusion and Strategic Operations Unit) cyber crime unit of Delhi Police had arrested 24-year-old engineer Imani Naveen from Andhra Pradesh. Delhi Police had registered an FIR in this case on 10 November 2023. Rashmika's deepfake was created by this same person.
IFSO DCP Hemant Tiwari gave the statement
IFSO DCP Hemant Tiwari had told that a case was registered on November 10, 2023 on the complaint of DCW. After which a lot of hard work was done in the technical investigation of the video. This video was uploaded for the first time by a British Indian girl on Instagram on October 9, 2023. In which the post was shared on different social media platforms on October 13, 2023 by superimposing Rashmika's face through deep fake. More than 500 social media accounts were searched during the investigation. The handle of the first lead received was deleted.
Meta helped a lot and it took 2-3 weeks to recover the data of deleted accounts. IFSO team went to many states. Finally Imani Naveen was arrested from Guntur, Andhra Pradesh. The accused had also confessed to his crime.
Imani Naveen, the accused in the case with the IFSO team of Delhi Police.
According to the police, accused Imani Naveen used to run the fan page of Rashmika Mandanna. But even after running Rashmika Mandanna's fan page for one and a half years, it had only 90 thousand followers, which increased to 1 lakh 8 thousand after uploading the video. The purpose of making this deep fake video was not to harm the actress. The accused wanted to earn money through meta monetization and increase his followers. So he took a video editing course from YouTube channel and created a deepfake of Rashmika Mandanna.
When the accused saw that this had now become a national issue and even big stars started demanding action, he was scared. The accused deleted the deep fake post and also changed the name of the fan page. The accused had also deleted a lot of data from his phone.
Imani Naveen has done B.Tech in Electronics and Telecommunication from Chennai in 2021. The accused has taken a certificate in digital marketing from Google Garage. Apart from this, he has also done courses in website development, Photoshop and video editing from YouTube. The accused was doing WFH after coming home in March 2023.
Rashmika Mandanna shared the post after the deepfake video went viral.
Deepfake video went viral in November
In November 2023, a deepfake video of actress Rashmika Mandanna went viral. In this, a woman was seen entering the lift, who looked exactly like Rashmika. However, this woman was not Rashmika but a girl named Zara Patel, whose face was changed to that of Rashmika. A journalist of ALT News had revealed this after the deepfake video went viral.
What is deepfake?
Deepfake is a type of fake video, in which a person's face, voice and expression are changed. Editing is done so clearly through AI tools that it is very difficult to identify true and fake videos. Earlier morphing was done only in still photos, however now facial expressions are changed in videos also. Deepfakes are mostly used for pornography, in which anyone's photo or video is converted into a nude photo or video with the help of technology.