NEW DELHI, Sept. 13 -- Obsessed with her former teacher, who is now the principal of a government school in north Delhi's Sadar Bazar, a 22-year-old contractual teacher allegedly went to extreme lengths to gain her attention, including faking a cancer diagnosis and her own death, resorting to occult practices, and creating a fake social media profile of a fellow teacher.

Deputy commissioner of police (North) Raja Banthia said the woman, a resident of north Delhi, was arrested on Wednesday for allegedly forging the fellow teacher's social media account, adding her morphed photos using AI tools and widely circulating them.

A senior police officer said the case came to light after receiving a complaint in late August from a 25-year-old wom...