(Web Desk) - The creator of Rashmika Mandanna's deepfake video said he is a huge fan of the actor and made the video to gain followers for a Rashmika fan page that he runs.
Eemani Naveen's followers on Instagram rose from 90,000 to 1,08000 within two weeks after he posted the deepfake video of actor Rashmika Mandanna on a fan page that he handles.
The 23-year-old Guntur man who was arrested after two months of investigating the Rashmika Mandanna deepfake case said he wanted to increase the number of followers on that page.
But after the video got the attention of the actors and who's who of the film industry, including Amitabh Bachchan, condemned the video, Naveen got scared, deleted the video and changed the name of his Insta channel.
Police said in the last two months at least 500 social media accounts have been analysed for the investigation.
So far, the cops interrogated those who shared the video but could not reach the original creator.
Soon after the FIR was registered in the case on November 10, the Delhi Police wrote to Meta to get the URL and other details to identify the accused who made the video and put it on social media.
Naveen, meanwhile, removed all digital data from his devices.