BHUBANESWAR l sunday l january 21, 2024 l `12.00 l PAGES 24 l LATE CITY EDITION Rashmika Mandanna deepfake viral video creator arrested The Delhi Police on Saturday arrested a B-Tech graduate from Andhra Pradesh over the deepfake video that was widely circulated on social media Posted video to boost actor’s fan page Big fan of actor, created video using A.I. The accused, identified as 23-year-old Eemani Naveen from Guntur in Andhra Pradesh, created the video to increase the number of followers on the Instagram fan page of the actor he created. However, when the video went viral, he panicked and deleted it. The police said the fan following of the page increased from 90,000 to 1,08,000 within two weeks ■ ■ Following a complaint by Delhi Commission for Women, the police filed a case. It then sought Meta’s help to identify the accused After Naveen’s account was traced, a Delhi Police team reached Guntur to arrest him. Naveen told the police he is a big fan of the actor and created the video using AI with help from YouTube Oct 9 when the video was uploaded on the insta fan page of Rashmika CHENNAI ■ MADURAI ■ VIJAYAWADA ■ BENGALURU ■ KOCHI ■ HYDERABAD ■ VISAKHAPATNAM ■ COIMBATORE ■ KOZHIKODE ■ THIRUVANANTHAPURAM ■ BELAGAVI ■ BHUBANESWAR ■ SHIVAMOgGA ■ MANGALURU ■ TIRUPATI ■ TIRUCHY ■ TIRUNELVELI ■ SAMBALPUR ■ HUBBALLI ■ DHARMAPURI ■ KOTTAYAM ■ KANNUR ■ VILLUPURAM ■ KOLLAM ■ TADEPALLIGUDEM ■ NAGAPATTINAM ■ THRISSUR ■ KALABURAGI 4 ED finally grills Ram Mandir trust to take Soren in Ranchi action over leaked picture land scam case new controversy DAYS TO GO PRESENTS THINKEDU CONCLAVE N a m i ta B a j pa i @ Ayodhya JMM workers stage protest, warn agency of consequences if the CM were to be arrested M UK E SH RA N JA N @ Ranchi Thus Begins the Age of Ram PLUS 12 PAGES Amid protests by Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) workers, officials of the Enforcement Directorate (ED) began questioning Chief Minister Hemant Soren at his residence here since 1 pm in connection with a land scam. Soren had skipped seven summonses before he agreed to be questioned. According to sources, eight ED officials came in with files and a list of 300 questions for the interrogation. Questions were mostly related to the land scam and sources of his income, they said. Later in the evening, additional files were brought in. The ED is investigating the Ranchi land scam on the basis of documents recovered from key accused Bhanu Pratap Prasad’s house. Several important documents relating to the scam were found in the raid from the house of Sub-Inspector Prasad of Badagain zone. Certain documents show the CM allegedly grabbing a parcel of tribal land in Ranchi. Amid apprehension that Soren could be arrested, many MLAs of the ruling alliance gathered at the chief minister’s house since morning to show their support. Likewise, hundreds of JMM workers gathered near his house with bow and arrow placards, party flags and banners. They were shouting slogans against the ED and BSE to track vehicles carrying question papers through GPS E x p r e s s N e w s Se r v i c e @ Cuttack In a bid to make foolproof arrangements for the ensuing board exams, the Board of Secondary Education (BSE) is set to use global positioning system (GPS) to track vehicles carrying squads and confidential material including question papers for the high school certificate (HSC) examinations, scheduled to be conducted from February 20 to March 4. “The GPS trackers will keep a tab on vehicles carrying confidential material including question papers and also on movement of squads deputed to different examination centres. Though adoption of the system is an expensive affair, it will ensure more transparency and help in checking question paper leak,” said BSE president Srikant Tarai. An outsourcing agency will be assigned to fit GPS devices on the vehicles through tender. A special software will be used by the BSE tracking the vehicles. Staff performing squad duty will have to download the application following The GPS trackers will which they will be automatically conkeep a tab on nected with BSE’s GPS tracker. Details vehicles on movement of squads including their carrying time of arrival and stay at the examinaconfidential tion centres will be monitored, Tarai material added. including Like squads, vehicles carrying confiquestion papers dential material including question paand also on pers will be put under GPS surveillance. movement of squads deputed It will help authorities know the time of to different dispatch of the vehicles from BSE office, examination time of arrival at the nodal centres and centres handing over of the confidential material to authorities concerned. Srikant Tarai, While 5,51,611 students have filled up BSE president forms for appearing the annual HSC examination in 2,991 examination centres, as many as 3,037 are set to appear the Madhyama examinations at 107 examination centres set up across the state. Similarly, 7,831 candidates have filled up forms for appearing the SOSC examination in 55 examination centres. The Board has set up 313 nodal centres for safe storage of confidential material. the Centre. They warned that the ED should be prepared to face the consequences if it were to arrest Soren. Soon security was beefed up and prohibitory orders issued within a radius of 500 metres from the CM’s house till 11 pm. On Wednesday the JMM had , claimed that there is huge re- The Shree Ram Teerth Kshetra Trust that oversees the construction of Ram Temple, on Saturday warned that it will take action against those who released the image of the Ram Lalla idol’s face before the consecration. The image of the new idol without its face covered — sculpted by Arun Yogiraj — went viral on social media on Friday . The picture was said to be taken when the idol was in workshop. It was not released by any competent authority or the temple trust. Official images were to be released in public domain only after the consecration on January 22. Parallelly, the Centre issued a media advisory cautioning them against publishing any false or manipulated content related to the event that could disturb communal harmony and public order. Meanwhile, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the mukhya yajman (main host for the puja) of the consecration, will be joined by 15 other yajmans drawn from different sections of society, in the final puja. Modi is likely to perform the final ritual of Chakshu Unmilan (opening of the eyes of the presiding deity) after the week-long rituals leading to the pran pratishtha on January 22. The PM is scheduled to arrive at the Maharishi Valmiki International Airport of Ayodhya at 10.25 am on Monday He . will then proceed to the Hanuman Garhi temple before reaching the Ram Janmabhoomi premises around 11 am. Myanmar border will be fully fenced, says Shah Chief Minister Hemant Soren 13 arrests so far As many as 13 people, including IAS officer Chhavi Ranjan and two businessmen, Amit Agrawal and Bishnu Agarwal, have been arrested in connection with the land scam so far senment among people against ED’s politically motivated actions against its leader. JMM general secretary Supriyo Bhattacharya hinted that the anger among the people against the ED could take an ugly shape. “It is therefore crucial that ED remains transparent, fact-based and reliable,” he added. P r a s a n ta M a z u m d a r @ Guwahati Union home minister Amit Shah on Saturday said the Centre would fence the over 1,600 km long porous India-Myanmar border even as he exuded confidence that India would be free from the Naxal problem within the next three years. He made the statement on fencing while addressing the passing out parade of 2,551 Assam police commandos here. They were trained by the Army and the police. “We have a porous border with Myanmar. The Modi government has decided to fence it. The entire border will be protected through fencing similar to that of the Bangladesh border,” Shah said. He also said the Centre re- viewed its Free Movement Regime (FMR) agreement with Myanmar and decided to do away with it. India and Myanmar had signed the FMR pact to facilitate the movement of people residing along the international border. It allowed them to travel up to 16 km inside each other’s terr i t o r i e s w i t h o u t t r av e l documents. Recently the Mizoram govern, ment expressed opposition to the Centre’s move. Chief Minister Lalduhoma told Modi the Mizos consider the state’s 510 km long border with Myanmar as imposed by the British. The Chins in Myanmar and the Mizos are ethnic cousins, belonging to the Zo community . Shah did not spell out why the decision was taken but it is a Union home minister Amit Shah during the 60th Raising Day ceremony of Sashastra Seema Bal in Tezpur on Saturday | PTI fact that the open border allows insurgents, among others, to sneak in and out of India. Also, the Manipur government suspected the involvement of Myanmar-based Kuki militants in the violence in the state. Meanwhile, addressing the 60th Raising Day of the Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) in Assam’s Tezpur, Shah said the entire country will be 100% free from the Naxal problem within the next three years. final split Sania divorces, Shoaib marries Pakistan actor E x p r e s s ne w s s e r v i c e @ Chennai Speculations on separation between high-profile sports stars Sania Mirza and Shoaib Malik were put to rest when the former Pakistan cricket captain announced his marriage with popular actor from his country Sana Javed in Karachi on Saturday . He also shared his marriage photog raphs on social media X. This has put to rest numerous rumours and unconfir med stories revolving around Sania and Shoaib’s marriage and subsequent separation. The sporting royalties were hardly seen together in public and there were conjectures of rift between the two. Sania and Shoaib married in 2010 and have a son named Izaan, who is five now and lives with Sania. After marriage the two lived in Dubai. According to reports family sources said it was a ‘khula’, which gives the right to a wo m a n t o d ivo r c e h e r husband. There had been indications a few days ago when Sania posted a cryptic story on instagram where she mentioned about divorce and the turmoil within. “Marriage is hard, Divorce is hard... Obesity is hard. Being fit is hard, Choose your hard. Being in debt is hard. Being financially disciplined is hard. Choose your hard. Communication is hard. Not communicating is hard. Life will never be easy It will . always be hard. But we can choose our hard. Pick wisely .” Shoaib and Sania had married in her hometown Hyderabad in April 2010.