A video shared by journalist Piyush Rai on September 29, Wednesday, showed several police officials watching and recording certain female performers dancing during the Baba Lat Bhairav baarat procession in Varanasi.
The video, which has since gone viral across social media platforms, triggered severe backlash from Opposition leaders and social media users, who condemned the conduct of the police personnel. Even Right-wing handles termed the performance as “obscene and vulgar” to a point of “disrespecting religious sentiments.”
As outrage piled up, responding to Rai, the X handle of the Deputy Commissioner of Police, Kashi, claimed that the video was AI-generated to tarnish police’s image, and warned that a case will be registered in the matter.
“…[The video] is being circulated with the intent to tarnish the image of the police. In the mobile videos the crowd recorded, no police personnel standing behind are visible on any screen. A case will be registered for the offence of disseminating misleading videos, and legal proceedings will be initiated,” read the DCP’s X post. (Archive)
In a separate video statement, Deputy Commissioner Gaurav Banswal stated that legal action would be initiate against anyone who circulates the “misleading video” and that a case had been registered at the Adampur police station. (Archive)
While it is unclear that whether the police are claiming that the entire video of the event is AI-generated, or the portion where the cops are seen...
A video shared by journalist Piyush Rai on September 29, Wednesday, showed several police officials watching and recording certain female performers dancing during the Baba Lat Bhairav baarat proc...