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Tamil Nadu Police Arrest Man Over Deepfake CM Videos

By Drooid · Sep 15, 2026, 10:40 AM UTC · How we work

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Story summary

Tamil Nadu police arrested a 28-year-old Rajasthan man for creating deepfake videos of Chief Minister C. Joseph Vijay.
Police seized the suspect’s mobile phones, SIM cards and a computer during the raid.
Victims in Madhya Pradesh and other states reported losing money after contacting the WhatsApp number shown in the videos.
Police are probing links to Pakistan-based Facebook accounts that also shared similar deepfake videos.

History

Historical Context

Cambridge Analytica harvested data from up to 87 million Facebook profiles via the 2013 app “This Is Your Digital Life,” prompting the UK Information Commissioner’s Office to levy a £500,000 fine in July 2018 and the US FTC to impose a $5 billion penalty in July 2019. The breach spurred Indian authorities to investigate SCL-linked operations.

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Story summary

Tamil Nadu police arrested a 28-year-old Rajasthan man for creating deepfake videos of Chief Minister C. Joseph Vijay.
Police seized the suspect’s mobile phones, SIM cards and a computer during the raid.
Victims in Madhya Pradesh and other states reported losing money after contacting the WhatsApp number shown in the videos.
Police are probing links to Pakistan-based Facebook accounts that also shared similar deepfake videos.

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