Ahmedabad Police, under the 'Mission Cyber Rakshika' initiative aimed at ensuring online safety for women, arrested Sumit Nemchand Sharma, a 27-year-old Delhi-based religious preacher, for allegedly using artificial intelligence to create a fake profile of a Gujarat woman.

Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) Lavina Sinha emphasised the initiative’s objective to guarantee “online safety for women” and to raise awareness of protecting social media presence and personal safety. She said, “The Cyber Police has launched a new initiative aimed at ensuring online safety for women. Under this mission, our objective is to apprehend as many such offenders as possible, thereby creating a safe space for women across social media and other online platforms. Furthermore, we aim to raise awareness regarding how individuals can safeguard their social media presence and personal safety while navigating the online world.”

Sinha detailed that the victim had filed a complaint alleging multiple accounts were created in her name, with morphed photos and videos uploaded using her identity. “We launched this specific mission on May 1 with precisely this goal in mind. As part of this initiative, we have already registered several FIRs. In one such case, we received a complaint from a victim who stated that, between December 2025 and April 2026, multiple accounts were created in her name. These accounts were operated using morphed photos and videos of her,” Sinha added.

During the investigation, it emerged that the accused, Sumit, runs a religious preaching business and maintains social media accounts for religious discourse. “Upon conducting a thorough investigation, we identified the accused as a 27-year-old man named Sumit, a resident of New Delhi. He operates a business involving religious preaching and maintains social media accounts dedicated to delivering religious discourses,” Sinha said.

She explained the victim, a social media influencer with a public profile, had formed a friendship with the accused under the pretext of religious discussions, which later became inappropriate. “The victim, who is herself a social media influencer with a public profile, came into contact with him, and a friendship developed between them. Under the guise of discussing religious matters, they engaged in extensive conversations. However, as their friendship progressed, the accused began to cross boundaries and speak inappropriately to the victim.”

The DCP revealed the accused created at least eight to ten fake social media accounts featuring morphed images from the victim's profile photos, employing artificial intelligence to generate videos and explicit images of the victim and her relatives. “Consequently, she severed all contact with him. Immediately thereafter, the accused began creating multiple social media accounts in her name. In total, approximately 8 to 10 accounts were created, featuring morphed images generated from her profile photos. He also utilised AI to generate videos and explicit images, not only of the victim but also of her mother and maternal aunt, and posted them on these accounts,” she stated.