A case has been registered after a fake video of the Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar related to local body elections in Kerala circulated on social media platforms, officials told news agency PTI . The Thiruvananthapuram City Cyber Police Saturday registered a case after the fake video was found during cyber patrolling operations a day earlier, officials said.

The video, which was traced to the social media platform, X, contained a fabricated photo and edited video of the CEC, they told the news agency. Police suspect that the same video was circulated on other social media platforms.

A case was registered against unknown persons under Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita sections 197(1)(d) (to publish or make false or misleading statements), 340(1) (forged document or electronic record),

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