The 24-year-old man arrested for allegedly creating and circulating an AI-generated fake poster depicting a police officer sexually assaulting a woman had claimed to be an independent journalist and was running an Instagram account, police said on Tuesday.
The accused had allegedly uploaded and circulated the poster on social media, falsely depicting a police officer sexually assaulting a woman, police said.
Nadeem was arrested on Monday and later produced before a court, which granted police custody for further investigation. ACP Vivek Bhagat was promoted to the rank of additional deputy commissioner on Monday, along with three other officers from his batch, but the order assigning his additional charge was withdrawn on Tuesday. It comes amid a controversy involving an assistant commissioner of police accused of sexually harassing a woman journalist during a protest against Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar here.
Addressing a press conference, Additional Deputy Commissioner of Police (New Delhi) Manjeet said Nabdeem claimed to be an independent journalist and had set up an Instagram account in April, which had around 24,000 followers and 1,226 posts.
The accused had allegedly uploaded and circulated the poster on social media, falsely depicting a police officer sexually assaulting a woman, police said.
