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Faridabad shocker: 19-year-old student blackmailed with AI-generated videos of sisters, ends life

The blackmailer demanded Rs 20,000 and threatened to release AI-generated explicit images, causing severe mental distress leading to the student's suicide, police said.

  • On October 25, 19-year-old Rahul Bharti died by suicide in Old Faridabad after consuming Sulphas tablets around 7 pm and dying during hospital treatment.
  • Perpetrators hacked Rahul's phone weeks ago and used AI to create fake nude photos and videos of Rahul and his three sisters, while `Sahil`, the blackmailer as identified in chats, demanded Rs 20,000.
  • Living in Baselwa Colony, Rahul was a second-year B.Com student at DAV College and had been visibly distressed for nearly two weeks, avoiding food and isolating himself, Manoj Bharti said.
  • Police registered an FIR against Sahil, Neeraj Bharti and others at Faridabad Old police station and seized Rahul's mobile, with SHO Vishnu Prasad saying arrests are expected soon.
  • Rahul's mother, Meena Devi, alleged Neeraj Bharti conspired after a six-month dispute, while officials called the case a serious example of AI misuse in cybercrime.
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Mathrubhumi broke the news in Kerala, India on Monday, October 27, 2025.
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