Delhi B.Tech Graduate Arrested for Creating Obscene AI Images of Former Classmate

Delhi police have taken a 22‑year‑old B.Tech graduate into custody after a thorough cyber‑crime probe traced a string of obscene, AI‑generated pictures back to him. The suspect, identified as Keshav Bansal, allegedly used photos taken from the victim’s private Instagram account to create the fake content.

The woman, also a 22‑year‑old and a former classmate of Bansal, first approached the Cyber Police Station in North Delhi when she started receiving anonymous Instagram messages warning her that manipulated photos and videos of her were being shared on Discord servers. She said the messages were meant to humiliate her, and the repeated insults during college had apparently festered into a personal grudge.

Investigators filed a case under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and began tracking digital footprints across multiple platforms. Their search uncovered several dummy Instagram, Discord and Gmail accounts, all tied to the same IP range. The forensic team recovered a Samsung Galaxy S23, two SIM cards and a cache of emails that helped piece together the online trail.

During questioning, Bansal reportedly confessed that he scraped the victim’s private Instagram pictures, fed them into an AI‑image generator, and then posted the resulting explicit composites on a closed Discord channel. He added that other anonymous users later amplified the content with even more graphic AI‑generated videos, which he then reshared.

The police have now seized the devices and are continuing to examine the digital evidence for any co‑conspirators. The case highlights how easily AI tools can be weaponised for personal vendettas, and underscores the growing need for robust cyber‑law enforcement in India.