UP man holds goat funeral, uses AI-generated image to fake death in court
According to the police, the accused hatched a conspiracy on May 30, 2025, in Ghazipur to stage his own death.
In Uttar Pradesh's Mau district, a murder suspect named Rajkumar Rajbhar, 38, has been apprehended after allegedly faking his own death to evade legal consequences and avoid repaying borrowed funds, police stated on Sunday. Rajbhar, who was accused of killing Yogesh Singh in 2016, used an AI-generated image of a goat's funeral to craft a false narrative of his demise in court.
The Kotwali Nagar police, aided by the Special Operations Group and surveillance team, seized Rajbhar from the vicinity of Khwajajahanpur locality on Sunday morning, according to Additional Superintendent of Police Anoop Kumar. Rajbhar, who had not completed his Class 12th education, purportedly orchestrated a scheme on May 30, 2025, to stage his own death by arranging an AI-generated funeral and associated events.
He procured a forged death certificate from the Mau Municipal Council and submitted it to a court, seeking to prove his own demise. The police uncovered the alleged conspiracy and secured the arrest of Rajbhar following their investigation. Charges have been filed against the accused under various sections of the BNS.
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