A photo purportedly showing a policeman assaulting a woman during a protest is being widely shared on social media, with users falsely claiming that it was captured during the Cockroach Janata Party (CJP) protest at Delhi’s Jantar Mantar.
One such user shared the image with the caption, “They tore the clothes of 12-16-year-old girls and then beat them up by climbing on their breasts! This is the truth that these people did to student children.”
The post alleges that the image depicts police brutality against students during the protest.
The above post can be seen here. (Archive)
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NewsMobile verified the claim and found that the image is AI-generated.
To verify the claim, we first conducted a reverse image search using the viral image. However, we could not find the image published by any credible media outlet reporting a real incident. Additionally, no credible news reports mention any incident in which police assaulted young girls in the manner depicted in the viral image during the Cockroach Janata Party (CJP) protest at Delhi’s Jantar Mantar.
A closer inspection of the image revealed several visual inconsistencies commonly associated with AI-generated content. These included unnatural leg placement on the woman’s shoulder, abrupt blurring in parts of the image, distorted body proportions, and irregular rendering of the policeman’s physique and surrounding elements.
To further verify our findings, we analyzed the image using the Hive Moderation AI detection tool. The analysis indicated that the image was generated using artificial intelligence.
Hence, it is evident that the viral image claiming to show a policeman assaulting a woman during the CJP protest is AI-generated.
