# Maharashtra cyber police file FIR over AI videos targeting Modi, Goyal 2026-08-08T20:04:44+00:00 | Governance | Indian Opinion Desk Corroboration: 1 independent outlet Maharashtra Cyber Police have registered an FIR over the circulation of allegedly AI-generated and morphed videos targeting Union Minister Piyush Goyal and Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The complaint, filed by a BJP social media office-bearer, alleges that during recent student protests, a video was posted from a Facebook account named 'Maharashtra Dharma' with a false caption claiming Goyal spoke about publicly hanging protesters and calling them 'cockroaches'. The complainant said he compared the clip with the original news agency video and concluded it was manipulated. The FIR also cites other objectionable social media posts, including a morphed image of PM Modi and an abusive video directed at him. The case has been registered under sections 318(2), 336, 352, 353(1), 353(2), 356(1), and 356(2) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, along with sections 66(D) and 67 of the IT Act. Police said efforts are on to identify and trace the accounts involved. ## Coverage - thehansindia.com Tags: AI-generated video, deepfake, FIR, Maharashtra Police, Narendra Modi, Piyush Goyal Canonical: https://indianopinion.org/maharashtra-cyber-police-file-fir-over-ai-videos-targeting-modi-goyal/ License: Summary and commentary (c) Indian Opinion, reusable with attribution. Facts belong to the linked sources. Cite: https://indianopinion.org/maharashtra-cyber-police-file-fir-over-ai-videos-targeting-modi-goyal/#story-in-brief Review state: restored archive article, accurate at time of publication, not offered to search indexes.