A video bearing the Aaj Tak logo allegedly presents a news segment where a news anchor narrates an incident purportedly involving the assault on a doctor by a fellow panellist during a news debate. The footage depicts the alleged assault, followed by the doctor discussing the incident and promoting a new heart medicine aimed at preventing cardiovascular diseases. It went viral suggesting that Dr Shetty was punched in the face by the representative.
The Facebook post reads: “😨Shocking incident of Attack on Dr Deviprasad Shetty, famous Cardiologist — Bengaluru. Please Make It Viral.”
The above post can be seen here. (Archive)
FACT CHECK
NewsMobile fact-checked the viral post, and found it to be deepfake.
Running the video keyframes through Reverse Image Search, the NM team identified a YouTube video featuring visuals of an altercation, which match with the viral clip. An extended version of the video, uploaded on YouTube by News Nation, dated January 13, 2017, describes that the Ex-Bigg Boss 10 contestant, Swami Om, indulges in scuffle, and faces protests in studio.
Below is a comparison of screenshots depicting the scuffles in the viral video and YouTube news report.
Searching further, we identified ‘an interview with Dr Shetty’ — dated November 24, 2022, and uploaded by NDTV Profit — featuring identical visuals but with different audio.
We also ran the video through the Deepware.ai tool. The result of the clip shows that it is generated through artificial intelligence.
Hence, we can conclude that the use of an AI-generated voice clone of Dr Devi Shetty was employed to assert that he had been assaulted during a live broadcast.
