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Police connected Thursday (October 2, 2025) registered an FIR to place and apprehension those down the circulation of a deepfake video attributing a mendacious connection to Ladakh Director General of Police (DGP) S.D. Singh Jamwal.
The Press Information Bureau (PIB) has said the video, successful which DGP Jamwal is purportedly seen claiming that clime activistic Sonam Wangchuk was arrested connected the defence minister's directions, is deepfake.
The video has gone viral connected societal media platforms.
"It has travel to the announcement of District Police Leh that a deepfake (digitally morphed) video is being circulated connected societal media platform X. In this video, mendacious statements are attributed to the DGP, UT Ladakh.
"The video has been digitally manipulated utilizing Deepfake Al with malicious intent and has the imaginable to disturb bid and harmony successful the region. On this, FIR 148 astatine Police Station Leh nether sections 353(2), 356 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, and 66C and 66D of the IT Act, 2000 has been registered," the Cyber portion of the Leh District Police said successful a statement.
It added that further probe is underway.
"District Police Leh appeals to the nationalist to ever verify the contented earlier sharing specified videos. Such misinformation shall beryllium strictly dealt with arsenic per law," the connection said, adding, "If immoderate idiosyncratic comes crossed specified misleading posts oregon videos, it is requested to instantly pass Cyber Cell Leh."
On September 30, the PIB's Fact Check portion said a digitally-altered video of the Ladakh DGP is doing the circular of societal media, successful which helium is shown making claims that Wangchuk was arrested connected the defence minister's directions.
Police arrested Wangchuk connected September 26, 2 days aft protests demanding Ladakh's statehood and Sixth Schedule presumption near 4 radical dormant and 90 injured successful the Union Territory.
Mr. Wangchuk was taken into custody by a constabulary enactment led by Jamwal.
