Bengaluru police arrest worker over fake Vidhana Soudha blast video

Bengaluru police arrested a migrant worker from Bihar over an AI-generated video falsely showing a bomb blast at Vidhana Soudha, the Karnataka government’s administrative headquarters. Police said no explosion occurred and are investigating why the video was made and whether anyone else helped create or circulate it. The 25-year-old man, identified in police accounts as Ali, was arrested after the video appeared on Instagram on October 20. Police said it showed Vidhana Soudha’s exterior before digitally depicting a large explosion, alongside a caption claiming the building had been blown up. The footage was synthetic, according to police. Police said they found the post through social media monitoring. Investigators traced the account and arrested Ali in Bengaluru. One report said police used IP logs and other digital records to identify him. The account was later deactivated, according to reports. Ali had moved to Bengaluru from Bihar’s Araria district a few months earlier and worked in pipe installation, police said. The account handle was reported with slightly different spellings in coverage. The accounts also differed on whether the formal case registration was complete:...