2 FIRs lodged against AAP for ‘MCC violation and posting AI-generated content’

Two separate FIRs were lodged by the Delhi Police against AAP leaders, which included violation of the model code of conduct (MCC) by Chief Minister Atishi, and also allegedly posting AI-generated photos and videos of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah on their official X handle.

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According to a senior police officer, they had received a complaint regarding some objectionable photos and videos of the Prime Minister and Home Minister on the official X handle of AAP.

The alleged videos were posted by AAP on January 10 and January 13. One of the videos that was made by the AI-deepfake technology showed a scene from a 90s Bollywood flick where the faces of villains were swapped with the BJP leaders and audio was changed to conversation on the Delhi poll.

Notably, since the beginning of the election, an AI-war of deepfake videos has broken out between two parties — AAP and BJP — with both of them posting several videos targeting each other and praising their own work.

The officer informed that after analysing the complaint, an FIR was lodged under relevant sections of the BNS at the North Avenue police station and an investigation has been initiated.

The second FIR pertains to an alleged violation of MCC by Chief Minister Atishi, following which a case was registered at the Govindpuri police station against PWD’s Executive Engineer Sanjay Kumar.

As per MCC, there is a “total and absolute” ban on the use of official vehicles for campaigning or any election related travel during the poll period.

A complaint was received on January 8 with allegations against Atishi over violating MCC and using government vehicles for political purposes. The returning officer took cognisance of the complaint and directed ACP Kalkaji to register an FIR in the matter.

Pertinent to mention here that the FIR only mentioned the name of Executive Engineer Sanjay Kumar whose vehicle was used for the “political purpose”.