New Delhi, June 26 -- Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann on Thursday alleged that a controversial video purportedly featuring him was fabricated using a facial mask and formed part of a political conspiracy orchestrated by opposition parties.

Speaking at a press conference in Mohali, Mann claimed the video was shot in a hotel room in Abbotsford, Canada, by a Canada-based individual identified as Jagman Samra. According to Mann, the person in the video wore a specially designed mask resembling him.

The chief minister said several visual details indicated the footage was fake, including the absence of a surgery scar on his neck that he said has been visible since childhood. Mann also claimed the facial structure, neck line, ears an...