PIB Fact Check exposed fake AI-edited videos of President Droupadi Murmu and Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman. The clips, spread by Pakistani propaganda and scammers, carried false claims. PIB confirmed both videos were manipulated and urged people to verify content, avoid scams, and report misleading posts via official channels.
PIB Fact Check on Wednesday flagged a digitally-altered video of President Droupadi Murmu that is being circulated by Pakistani propaganda accounts with false claims alleging that Prime Minister Narendra Modi is using her as a prop to promote Rafale fighter jets.
In a post on social media platform X, PIB Fact Check clarified: "Pakistani propaganda accounts are circulating a digitally altered video of President Droupadi Murmu with false claims that Prime Minister Narendra Modi is using her as a prop to elevate Rafale PR."
The manipulated video features an artificial voice mimicking President Murmu, falsely claiming that she was being "blackmailed" by the PM Modi government to participate in Rafale-related promotions.
The fake clip includes statements such as: "I want to request the citizens of our country that Modi Ji's Hindutva government blackmailed me and ordered me to sit in Rafale... If anything happens to me, Modi Ji and his Hindutva politics will be responsible."
PIB Fact Check categorically dismissed these claims, asserting that "The President of India has NOT made any such statement."
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