Nepal, Oct. 13 -- Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP) lawmaker Kagendra Sunar has denied involvement in a controversial audio recording circulating on social media, in which a man is allegedly heard verbally abusing, threatening and blackmailing a woman.

In a video posted on Facebook on Tuesday, Sunar claimed that the person heard in the audio was not him and alleged that he was being targeted for raising questions about corruption within Nepal Police.

He accused police officials of attempting to frame him by encouraging people connected to him to file complaints in exchange for money and other benefits. He also alleged that the audio may have been fabricated using artificial intelligence (AI) or other technologies.

Sunar called for an imp...