India, Oct. 27 -- A 19-year-old college student died by suicide in Old Faridabad's Baselwa Colony after being blackmailed by two unidentified suspects who allegedly created and threatened to release AI-generated morphed pictures and videos of him, police said on Sunday.

The incident took place on Saturday evening, after the suspects allegedly demanded Rs.20,000 from the student in exchange for not circulating the deepfake content. Police said the deceased, a B.Com student at a local college, had been under severe distress for the past ten days due to the blackmail.

A senior official at the NIT police station said the victim's phone had been hacked, and the accused began threatening him through a messaging app. "They had created morphed ...