Jaipur techie borrows money from friends, stages own kidnapping to extract ransom from family, sends AI-generated videos showing himself being tortured and hospitalised, now held in Rishikesh

A 22-year-old engineer named Deepak Kumar Mali staged his own kidnapping to extort money from his family. He created fake videos and images using AI to show his alleged captivity and sent them to relatives. After a missing person report, police tracked him down in Rishikesh by analyzing CCTV footage. The investigation revealed that his abduction was fabricated, designed to cover his financial debts.