Maharashtra police’s cyber cell has registered an FIR against an X user for allegedly uploading a ‘deepfake’ or manipulated video in which actor Ranveer Singh appeared to be making an appeal to vote for the Congress, an official said.

The First Information Report (FIR) was registered on Tuesday on a complaint filed by the actor’s father, Jugjeet Singh Bhavnani, against the user @sujataindia1st, the official said.

Ranveer Singh gave an interview to the media while he was in Varanasi to promote a fashion show and praised Prime Minister Narendra Modi, according to the complaint.