Sandeshkhali Sting Video Row: TMC Slams 'Bangla Birodhis', BJP Claims ‘Voice Moduled Using AI'
sandeshkhali sting video row: tmc slams ‘bangla birodhis’, bjp claims ‘voice moduled using ai’
Kolkata: Amid the ongoing Sandeshkhali row, the Trinamool Congress on Saturday released a sting video purportedly showing a local BJP functionary admitting that many of the charges, including those of rape, were levelled following ins-tructions from BJP seniors, including assembly opposition leader Suvendu Adhikari.
After the TMC shared the video, Sandeshkhali Block-II BJP mandal president Gangadhar Koyal, who appeared in the video, wrote a complaint to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) over TMC’s misleading claims.
Koyal alleged that the video was morphed and that his face and voice was modulated using the Artificial Intelligence.
“I have come across a video uploaded from an unverified YouTube channel namely “Williams” where it can be seen that the same has been made using my face and the voice has been modulated using Artificial Intelligence (AI) so that it can mislead the public at large against the Sandeshkhali incident,” Gangadhar Kayl said.
“It is stated that there are reasons to believe that the said video is nothing but a product of conspiracy hatched by Abhishek Banerjee in association with iPac using the voice modulation of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in order to safeguard the actual culprits of Sandeshkhali incidents by shifting the blame and the burden to the person who stood by the victims of the Sandeshkhali incident and also to disturb the ongoing investigation conducted by the CBI,” he added in his complaint.
He also pointed out the reasons supporting his claim that the entire video footage is morphed and edited as the video and the audio are not in sync.
“The face of the speaker, cannot be seen properly and has been edited in such a way so that the face remains in the dark. Audio quality is not clear and to suffice that subtitles has been used and the same has been couched in such a way that can disturb the ongoing investigation,” the complaint alleged.
The BJP Sandeshkhali leader further, urged the CBI to conduct an investigation into the said video footage.
“It is requested that since CBI is already investigating different angles of the entire incident of Sandeshkhali, investigation must also be done against the said video footage which has been morphed and edited using my face and my artificial voice in order to put a political colour on the unfortunate Sandeshkhali incident,” he said.
What’s In The Sting Video?
The 33-minute video purportedly shows Koyal admitting that they followed Adhikari’s instructions, adding that the complainants did whatever they told them to do.
“We have followed Suvendu da’s (BJP MLA and assembly opposition leader Adhikari’s) instructions. He helped us. We convinced Trinamool people to do all this (level the allegations). They (the complainants) never said no, they did whatever we told them to do. He (Adhikari) had told us that if we could not do this, if we could not get the big shots (Trinamool seniors of the area) arrested, we would not be able to stand (survive) here,” Koyal is heard saying.
“I had to do all this very smartly. We said it (the alleged rapes and torture) happened seven-eight months ago. We had to work hard,” he adds.
TMC Sharpens Attack
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee launched an attack on BJP and said “Bengal will rise in rage against Delhi’s conspiratorial regime.”
“The sting shows how deep the rot is within BJP. In their hatred for Bengal’s progressive thought and culture, the Bangla birodhis (the anti-Bengal brigade) orchestrated a conspiracy to defame our state at every possible level. Never before in the history of India has a ruling party in Delhi tried to malign an entire state and its people. History will witness how Bengal will rise in rage against Delhi’s conspiratorial regime and ensure their bisarjan (defeat),” she wrote on the X platform.
What Adhikari Said
Adhikari said, “I have not seen the video. I will find out whose voice it is and then speak on this matter.” Later on Saturday, he said truth could be “twisted and a misleading version circulated”. “But its shelf life is very, very short. Ultimately, truth prevails,” he added. “I will approach the CBI and seek a full probe so that the perpetrators are punished,” Adhikari said.