wire / 2026-10-18-d2c8
AI-Generated Deepfake Videos Target BJD Leader in Odisha
Voice cloning has reached Odisha politics, where the BJD answered it with a police complaint. The videos had already circulated by then.
The facts
The Biju Janata Dal (BJD) filed a police complaint in Bhubaneswar, Odisha, after AI-generated deepfake and voice-cloned videos targeting senior leader Sujata Rout Karthikeyan and other women leaders were circulated on social media. The fabricated content caused reputational harm and public misinformation, prompting demands for investigation and legal action.