India, Feb. 18 -- Police in Congress-ruled Karnataka on Wednesday filed a criminal case against two social media functionaries of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)'s Assam unit for posting an AI-generated video that purportedly showed chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma appearing to aim and fire at individuals wearing attire resembling that of members of the Muslim community.

The case was filed in Bengaluru on the complaint of businessman Ranjith Kumar R, dated February 12. He described the content as "highly objectionable and disturbing" and said the video appeared on the official BJP Assam social media handle under the title "Point Blank Shot.".

Biswajith Khaund and Ron Bikash Gourav, identified as the convenor and co-convenor of the As...