Doda: Security forces in the Doda district are grappling with a digital enigma after a video clip depicting a pro-Pakistan poster went viral, sparking concerns of a high-tech provocation. While the video appears to show the poster displayed on a local bridge, investigators have yet to find any physical evidence of its existence, leading authorities to question if they are dealing with a sophisticated “AI mischief.”
The controversy erupted on Monday when a video surfaced online showing a large poster pasted on a bridge in the Pul Doda area, locally known as the “Nepali area”, approximately five kilometres from the district headquarters.
The poster featured prominent images of Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and Army Chief General Asim Munir. Written in Urdu, the text beneath the images lauded Pakistan’s purported role in mediating tensions between Iran and the United States. The text also expressed gratitude for Pakistan’s “moral, political, and diplomatic” support for the Kashmiri “freedom struggle”, language that authorities flagged as highly inflammatory.
Investigation into the ‘Jammu Kashmir Youth Movement’
The clip was reportedly shared by a group calling itself the Jammu Kashmir Youth Movement. According to Deputy Superintendent of Police (Headquarters) Krishan Rattan, very little is known about the organisation, which appears to have emerged solely to disseminate the provocative content.
“The video had objectionable words that had the potential of creating chaos in the general public,” Rattan said. Despite the video’s geo-tagging pointing directly to the bridge at Pul Doda, ground teams found the site empty. “We haven’t found any poster from the spot, and no one has been detained so far,” the officer added.
“An FIR No 95 of 2026 under section 353 (1) BNS of has been registered at Doda Police Station and investigations taken up,” he added.
AI hoax or guerrilla propaganda?
The primary focus of the investigation is now on determining whether the video is genuine or a digital fabrication. In an era of advanced deepfakes and augmented reality, police are exploring the possibility that the poster was never physically there, but was digitally inserted into the footage to “vitiate peace and communal harmony.”
“We are checking if the video is original or an AI mischief,” Rattan confirmed, noting that forensic and cyber experts have been brought in to analyse the clip’s metadata and visual layers.