Bengaluru police have registered a case against an unidentified person for allegedly uploading an AI-generated video showing a bomb blast at Vidhana Soudha, the seat of Karnataka’s legislature and government administration. The video was posted on Instagram and came to the attention of police monitoring social media, according to the FIR filed on October 20.
The post was uploaded by an Instagram user identified in the FIR as ‘jnx__king__h_g’. It carried a caption in Hindi that referred to blowing up the legislative building with a bomb. The complaint states that the video depicted Vidhana Soudha being destroyed in an explosion.
According to the FIR, the unidentified person allegedly created the video using artificial intelligence, edited it to show the blast and then uploaded it on Instagram. The police complaint does not identify the person behind the account or state whether an arrest has been made.
The case was registered suo motu through the inspector of the Vidhana Soudha police station. The police registered the FIR under relevant provisions of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023. The supplied report does not specify the individual sections invoked or provide details of any further investigative action.
The incident places the use of synthetic or AI-generated media in the security context of a major public institution. Vidhana Soudha is a prominent government complex in Bengaluru, and the video was detected by a police team monitoring social media, rather than through a complaint from the account holder or a member of the public, according to the FIR.
The police action also highlights the operational challenge posed by digitally altered images and videos involving government buildings. While the FIR records the video as an alleged AI-generated depiction, the supplied police details do not establish who created it, the purpose behind its circulation or the extent to which it was viewed or shared online.
The case follows the police discovery of the post on October 20. Further details, including the identity of the person responsible and the outcome of the investigation, were not available in the report.
