Cong leader Zameer rejects audio on Davanagere South Bypolls as ‘fake’

Audio clip surfaced amid discussions on formation of a new cabinet

- NT Correspondent

With a purported audio clip on his alleged role in an "internal conspiracy" against the Congress candidate during the Davanagere South Assembly bypolls going viral, senior Congress leader B Z Zameer Ahmed Khan on Monday termed it "fake" and claimed it was part of a "political conspiracy" generated using AI technology.

Khan, who was a Minister in the recently dissolved Siddaramaiah cabinet, said a complaint would be filed with the cyber police against those responsible for creating and circulating the audio clip, and legal action would be initiated against them.

An audio recording purportedly featuring a conversation between Khan and Mohammed Siraj, expelled vice-president of the minority wing of the Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee, has been circulating on social media.

In the clip, the two are allegedly heard speaking in Urdu about defeating the Congress candidate during the Davanagere South Assembly by-election.

The audio conversation, allegedly recorded on the day of polling on April 9, was reportedly first shared on Monday through an X account named "kannadacockroacc".