India, June 21 -- The Maharashtra Cyber police have registered an FIR after photographs and selfies allegedly showing water resources minister Girish Mahajan with a young woman went viral on social media, with his office claiming the images were generated or morphed using artificial intelligence (AI) to defame him.

The complaint was lodged by Amol Patil, a Special Executive Officer in the water resources and disaster management department. According to police, the images began circulating on social media on Friday and were accompanied by captions that the complainant described as defamatory.

Police said the complaint claims the woman seen in the photographs is the daughter of one of Mahajan's friends and that the images were morphed usi...