MP Obscene Video Case: Visuals Claiming To Show Woman Seen In Viral Clip Are Unrelated And AI-Generated

After the recent arrest of Madhya Pradesh politician Manohar Lal Dhakad, who was allegedly caught on camera engaging in a sexual act with a woman on the Delhi-Mumbai Expressway near Mandsaur, an image and video, claiming to be of the woman and identifying her as “Lubna Qureshi”, have also gone viral on social media. The 27-second video purportedly shows Qureshi crying and accusing the police of mistreating her.

The archived versions of the posts can be seen here and here.

Fact

Newchecker found that none of the multiple news reports by major media outlets on the case had named the woman in the video. According to the reports, seen here, here and here, authorities have yet to identify or arrest the woman, which points towards “Lubna Qureshi” being a fabricated identity, while also contradicting the viral video claiming to show the woman tearfully accusing the police of misbehaving with her.

Image

Newschecker noticed the overly glossy texture of the image, indicating that it may be AI-generated. We then ran the image past Hive Moderation, an AI-content detection platform, which found it 87.4% likely to contain AI-generated or deepfake content.

We also ran the photo past SightEngine, which found it 96% likely to be AI-generated, while WasitAI said it was quite confident that the image, or a significant part of it, was AI.

Video

Newschecker ran a reverse image search of keyframes, which led us to the longer, uncropped version of the viral video, titled “Bikaner Ki Sherni का होश उड़ाने वाला New Video”, which was uploaded by Rajasthan Tak on Facebook on August 23, 2024, well before the recent incident.

A relevant keyword search led us to this Zee Rajasthan report, dated August 22, 2024, stating Monika Rajpurohit, a 21-year-old digital creator popularly known online as “Bikaner ki Sherni”, was arrested after the police raided her house on suspicion of smuggling drugs that saw 200g of drugs reportedly seized. Rajpurohit had then uploaded a tearful video, accusing the police of misbehaving with her. A similar ABP News report, dated August 23, 2024, further confirms that the viral video is being shared with a false claim.

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UPDATE ON 29/05/2025: Newschecker reached out to the police, who said that there is no truth to the viral claim that the woman in the video is Lubna Qureshi.

Conclusion

An unrelated video and an AI-generated image are being shared with a fabricated narrative that it shows one Lubna Qureshi, allegedly the woman caught on camera engaging in a lewd act with a Madhya Pradesh politician on a highway.

Sources
Hive Moderation tool
SightEngine tool
WasitAI tool
Rajasthan Tak post, Facebook, August 23, 2024
Zee Rajasthan report, August 22, 2024
(with inputs from Runjay Kumar, Newschecker Hindi)