Overview

• Asaduddin Owaisi lodged a formal complaint with Hyderabad Cyber Crime Police after a deepfake video misrepresented him as endorsing an online investment scheme
• The AI-generated footage depicted Owaisi speaking in English about a plan claiming to deliver returns of ₹53,000 per day
• Police registered a case on June 5 under sections of the IT Act and provisions of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, citing identity theft, cheating by personation and forgery
• The video also featured AI visuals of Nirmala Sitharaman, Mukesh Ambani and Narayana Murthy to lend credibility to a fraudulent website
• Investigators are tracing the clip’s origin and working with social media firms to remove the deepfake and warn the public against similar scams