The Delhi Police on Saturday arrested the primary accused in actor Rashmika Mandanna’s deepfake video case. Reacting to the event, Rashmika took to social media and expressed her gratitude to the police. “Expressing my heartfelt gratitude to @DCP_IFSO. Thank you for apprehending those responsible. Feeling truly grateful for the community that embraces me with love, support and shields me. Girls and boys – if your image is used or morphed anywhere without your consent. It is wrong! And I hope this is a reminder that you are surrounded by people who will support you and action will be taken,” she wrote. The Intelligence Fusion and Strategic Operations (IFSO) Unit of Special Cell, Delhi Police arrested Eemani Naveen (24), the alleged mastermind who is alleged to have created and posted deep pretend movies of Mandanna on social media platforms, which drew considerations from Prime Minister Narendra Modi and famous personalities together with Amitabh Bachchan.

According to police, the arrested particular person, a resident of Guntur district in Andhra Pradesh, is a B-tech graduate from a reputed engineering faculty in Chennai.Deputy Commissioner of Police, IFSO Unit, Hemant Tiwari stated that Naveen used to run a fan web page for Rashmika Mandanna and likewise created two extra fan pages for one more two famous celebrities. “We’ve arrested the main accused identified as Eemani Naveen, from Andhra Pradesh’s Guntur. Laptop and mobile phone recovered from him. His deleted data is also being recovered…He used to run a fan page of a famous film actress (Rashmika Mandanna) and also created two more fan pages of another two noted celebrities,” DCP, IFSO Unit stated in a press briefing right here.

The senior police officer stated that the 24-year-old bought scared after he discovered that his movies have courted nationwide controversy. “Later when he realized that it became a national sensation. He also saw tweet from famous film stars against the said deep fake video. He got scared and deleted the said posts from the Instagram Channel and also changed the name of Insta channel. He had also deleted the relevant digital data from his devices,” the police officer stated.

In November final yr, a deepfake AI-generated video of actor Rashmika Mandanna appeared on-line, sparking discussions about digital security. In the viral video, it may be seen {that a} lady resembling the actress Rashmika was coming into a elevate sporting a black swimsuit.The video shortly went viral and several other social media customers got here ahead to verify that it was a deepfake.As per police, through the investigation, greater than 500 social media accounts associated to the alleged deepfake movies have been analysed.”The videos were analysed in the Cyber Lab.

After the deep analysis and interrogation of suspected persons, finally, the account of alleged was traced on Instagram. During further analysis, it was found that the original video of one British Indian girl was posted on October 9, 2023, and the deepfake video was posted on October 13, 2023. After identifying the alleged, a team reached Guntur, Andhra Pradesh and located Eemani Naveen who confessed to his crime,” police stated, including that he revealed that he’s a fan of the actress and used to run her fan web page.”Just to increase the followers of page, he created the deepfake video and posted it on the fan page on October 13. 2023.

Due to this deepfake video, the fan following of this page increased from 90,000 to 1,08,000 within two weeks,” police added.As per DCP, IFSO Unit, on sustained interrogation of the accused, Naveen disclosed that whereas pursuing B tech he accomplished certification in Digital Marketing from Google Garage in 2019.(ANI)

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