India
22‑Year‑Old Arrested for AI‑Generated Bomb Video at SSB Camp
A 22‑year‑old B‑Pharma graduate, Faiyaz Ahmad of Sevantari village in Uttar Pradesh’s Maharajganj district, was arrested for creating and uploading a nine‑second AI‑generated video that depicted a bomb blast at the 22nd battalion Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) camp on the India‑Nepal border. The video was posted on Instagram with a provocative caption. Police traced the account, removed the post, and took Ahmad into preventive custody before presenting him to a magistrate and sending him to judicial custody. During questioning, Ahmad admitted he made the video to make his social‑media account go viral and increase likes, views and followers. His Instagram account, a_faiyaz_001x, has about 11,600 followers and 327 posts, while his Facebook account has around 1,600 followers. Ahmad, who has completed a B‑Pharma course but is unemployed, regularly produced reels and other videos for social media. The incident has led police to intensify monitoring of social‑media activity in the border district, especially posts involving security forces and sensitive locations, and to warn users against creating or circulating provocative or misleading content involving security establishments for the purpose of generating views, likes or followers. The police stated that such activity can invite legal action.