Summary
An AI-altered image circulated on social media claiming to show an Indian High Commission official at a London protest linked to Pakistan-administered Kashmir. The image superimposed the official’s face onto a demonstrator in footage of a Luton march and included a cropped photo purporting to identify him.
Fact-checkers found the crowd figure in the rally footage was a different person, identified the cropped photo as a picture of diplomat Harsh Kumar Jain taken in April 2024, and detected a SynthID watermark indicating the image was generated using OpenAI tools. The posts, shared on platforms including Facebook, Instagram and X, falsely implied official Indian involvement in the protests; the specific contested post was shared on August 4, 2026.