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Bengaluru Police Arrest Man Over AI Bomb Video

By Drooid · Oct 22, 2026, 10:11 AM UTC · How we work

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Bengaluru Police Arrest

Bengaluru police arrested Hazrat Ali Shoiab, 25, for allegedly posting an AI-generated bomb video of Vidhana Soudha.
The video surfaced Tuesday morning on the Instagram account “jnx_king_h_g”.
Vidhana Soudha police filed a First Information Report after discovering the video.
Investigators traced IP logs and digital footprints to identify Shoiab.
Shoiab remains in custody as police question his motive and possible collaborators.

Summary

Instagram User Posts Fake

A video showed a person mimicking a trigger pull before an AI-generated explosion engulfed Vidhana Soudha.
Investigators said the visuals were created with an artificial-intelligence filter, not traditional editing software.
The Instagram post was removed before police announced the arrest on October 21.
The account was deactivated before police announced the arrest on October 21.

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Historical Context

In April 2018 Jordan Peele and BuzzFeed released an AI-generated deepfake of President Barack Obama, the first public demo after FakeApp made the technology widely accessible. The video spurred Facebook and Instagram to draft synthetic-media policies and led the U.S. House Intelligence Committee to hold hearings on malicious deepfakes in June 2019, highlighting growing regulatory concern.

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Bengaluru Police Arrest

Bengaluru police arrested Hazrat Ali Shoiab, 25, for allegedly posting an AI-generated bomb video of Vidhana Soudha.
The video surfaced Tuesday morning on the Instagram account “jnx_king_h_g”.
Vidhana Soudha police filed a First Information Report after discovering the video.
Investigators traced IP logs and digital footprints to identify Shoiab.
Shoiab remains in custody as police question his motive and possible collaborators.

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