Not only has the news of the arrest of former Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli and former Home Minister Ramesh Lekhak gone viral. An AI-generated photo of them being arrested has also gone viral. Nepal Police has said that there is no truth to it.
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News of the arrest of former Prime Minister and UML Chairman KP Sharma Oli has been spreading on social media since Sunday evening. AI-generated images of KP Oli being arrested have started going viral on social media since Sunday.
Some have posted photos of themselves being arrested, while others have started posting posts of themselves preparing to be arrested. Laligurans Media A Facebook page called 'Commission preparing to arrest Oli and the writer!' was written at 9:48 am on Sunday.
The photo posted reads, 'It has been revealed that the Commission of Inquiry is preparing to arrest Oli and the writer and take their statements if they do not come to give their statements about the Genji Movement incident. Oli has been publicly stating that he will not give his statement.'
Since then, news of Oli and the writer's arrest has started spreading. Sudhan Gurung, posting a photo of Laligurans, also wrote on social media Facebook, 'Commission preparing to arrest Oli and the writer.' Now we are waiting to see whether the Home Minister has the courage or not, as he has always said, wait for the investigation commission, now is the time. Let's see.... If he still does not keep his word, there will be protests across the country and the Home Minister himself will have to take responsibility for it.' He wrote.
The photo, which was posted at 6:46 pm on Sunday, has received more than 7,600 reactions, more than 1,000 comments and 282 shares. Since then, this news has gone viral. One of the viral posts is that of Jwala Sangraula. Sangraula, the leader of the Rashtriya Swatantra Party (RSWP), wrote on her Facebook page, 'breaking: Preparations to arrest KP Oli after the investigation commission repeatedly refused to call him.'
Sunday night The status posted at 7:20 am has been shared 284 times, with more than 3,000 comments and more than 21,000 reactions. Most of the comments on the post were 'good news'. When Kantipur contacted leader Sangraula, she said that Laligurans Media had posted it because of the article. After Sangraula's post, many have posted 'Oli arrest preparation'. This post has also been posted by the Facebook page 'Betna Dainik'. Similarly, the Facebook page 'Bandana Prakashan' has also posted 'breaking: Preparations to arrest KP Oli after the investigation commission repeatedly refused to call him.' The post has so far received 700 reactions, 147 comments and 15 shares.
Use of AI-generated images!
Not only the information about their arrest has gone viral. An AI-generated photo of them being arrested has also gone viral.
An AI-generated photo of KP Oli being arrested by the police has been posted on a Facebook page called 'Miss Pub 41'. The page, which has more than 87,000 followers, has posted it 4 times since Sunday.
The photo, which was uploaded at 8:02 pm on Sunday, is written above 'Just Now: KP Oli arrested after he did not come when called by the investigation commission, let's comment on it right or wrong'. As of the time of writing, the post has received more than 9,000 reactions. It has been shared 267 times. A post with the same photo was also posted at 7:36 am on Monday. The post has received more than 8,300 reactions, more than 2,100 comments and has been shared 341 times. Another photo posted at 10:07 am on Monday morning reads, 'Ramesh Lekhak and KP Oli were arrested together while defying the Commission of Inquiry, let's comment right or wrong.' Similarly, at 12:57 pm, 'WOW: A big fish was just caught while defying the Commission of Inquiry, everyone should tell me right or wrong,' where an AI-generated photo of Oli and Lekhak being arrested was posted
