Kerala Cyber Police Open Case Over Fake CEC Video Traced to X

Investigators focus on potential cross-platform spread during stepped-up pre-poll cyber checks.

Overview

Thiruvananthapuram City Cyber Police registered the case after detecting the manipulated content during routine cyber patrolling on Friday.
The post combined a fabricated photograph with an edited video purporting to show Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar.
Officers traced the origin to the platform X and suspect the same video was shared on additional social networks.
An FIR names unknown persons under BNS sections 197(1)(d), 340(1), 340(2), and IT Act section 66C related to identity theft.
Cyber monitoring has been intensified ahead of local body elections and the Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls, with several misleading items recently removed.