Overview
- AIMIM announced late on Friday that it had expelled Mirza Rahmath Baig and directed him to immediately submit his resignation to the Telangana Legislative Council, but the council chair says no resignation has been received.
- Baig went to Hyderabad cybercrime police saying unidentified callers demanded money and threatened to release morphed or AI‑generated videos; police registered a case citing extortion and criminal intimidation.
- Multiple opposition leaders have alleged the controversy involves sexual misconduct and have demanded an independent or court‑monitored probe or a CBI investigation, though no FIR by an alleged victim’s family has been made public.
- Baig denies wrongdoing, says the clips are deepfakes intended to defame him, returned from Umrah to contest the claims, and unverified short video clips have circulated widely on social media without independent authentication.
- AIMIM has not publicly detailed evidence for the expulsion and has made local organisational changes, leaving calls for transparency and a forensic inquiry into the origin of the videos as the central next steps.