Overview
- Rahul Bharti, a B.Com student from Old Faridabad’s Baselwa Colony, died after alleged blackmail using AI‑morphed images and videos of him and his sisters, with a ₹20,000 demand reported.
- An FIR under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita has been registered for abetment to suicide, and police say no formal arrest has been made yet.
- Investigators have seized the student’s phone and are conducting forensic analysis of chats, call logs, and social media to trace how the deepfakes were created and shared.
- Family members named a WhatsApp contact identified as ‘Sahil’ and an acquaintance, Neeraj Bharti, in their complaint, and police say both are being traced.
- Chats cited by the family show threats to publish the fabricated material and alleged incitement to die by suicide, and officers say the case reflects growing AI‑enabled extortion.