The claim
The video shows Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar bowing at the feet of Union Home Minister Amit Shah.
Original review summary
FACTLY says the viral video is a deepfake, not genuine footage of Gyanesh Kumar bowing at Amit Shah’s feet. It identifies the underlying footage as a 8 November 2023 event where Kumar, then Secretary of the Ministry of Cooperation, presented Shah with a shawl; the event livestream shows no bowing. The review also reports visual inconsistencies in the viral clip and says Hive indicated it was likely AI-generated.[S1]
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Sources and attribution
- [S1] FACTLY original review
Original review · Retrieved October 16, 2026
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