Hyderabad: MLC and former All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) member Mirza Rahmath Baig addressed the media on Saturday, November 7, regarding his ‘deepfake’ controversy and urged the public to not believe those trying to defame him.

Baig said that after he was expelled from the party, he sought legal assistance over the deepfakes targeting him. Six people were arrested after his police complaint, and the hunt for others is underway.

“You know that two days ago—as I had mentioned previously as well—some people were blackmailing me by creating fake videos of mine using AI. We had filed a complaint regarding this. Two days ago, it was exposed; the police arrested six people and sent them to jail. There are a few other people behind this whom the police are currently searching for,” he said.

He alleged that Hyderabad Youth Courage founder and now Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) leader Salman Khan was conspiring against him along with his “gang”.

He expressed confidence in the police and the law and urged the public to not get provoked by the attempts to defame him.

Alleging that an attempt was being made to defame an MLA with AI audio, he said those perpetrators would also be exposed soon.

He also showed videos he received from his “blackmailers”.

Hyderabad: MLC and former All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) member Mirza Rahmath Baig addressed the media on Saturday, November 7, regarding his 'deepfake' controversy and urged the public to not believe the people who are trying to defame him.

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Six arrested over deepfake threats to Baig

Narsingi Police on Friday, November 6, said that six persons have been arrested for allegedly attempting to extort money from Mirza Rahmath Baig.

On October 12, Baig had lodged a complaint saying he received threats from unknown persons demanding Rs 5 crore.

According to the first information report (FIR), they threatened to circulate morphed photographs and deepfake videos depicting him in an objectionable manner.

The arrested persons were identified as Mohd Mohsin Khan (35), Fathima Begum alias Reema (29), Mohd Sameer (20), Mohd Zameer (20), Mohd Imran (18), and Syed Rehan (20).

The FIR named 16 people, including HYC’s Salman Khan, as the mastermind and prime accused. Khaja Bilal, a Congress leader, is also named. Both of them remain at large.