Pakistani propaganda accounts are sharing a video claiming that @timesofindia journalist Divya Kochar allegedly accused her husband, @AdityaRajKaul, of having an affair with NDTV anchor Malika Malhotra in Shimla and announced that she would divorce him during a live broadcast.
The caption of the post states: “Divya Kochar wife of Aditya Raj Kaul exposes the affairs of her husband with a fellow NDTV anchor in live TOI broadcast.”
Fact
The DFRAC team found this video to be digitally altered. The original video of @DivyaKocharr contains no remarks about an alleged affair involving Aditya Raj Kaul and @malhotra_malika, nor does it include any announcement of a divorce.
The journalist was reporting on HAL and Safran signing a deal to jointly develop the Aravalli helicopter engine for India’s upcoming multi-role helicopters.
Further, we uploaded the viral video on the AI-detecting platforms like Zhuque AI Detection Assistant, Detect Video AI, and Hive. All the platforms flagged the video as AI-generated.
We also contacted Aasim Sheikh, AI Expert and Director of SYNCSAS Technologies, for a comment on the viral video. In his statement, he said that, by analysing the facial expressions and inconsistent language in the speech, the video can be termed as manipulated using an AI tool.
Conclusion
The viral video is digitally manipulated, and Divya Kochar did not make the alleged remarks in the original footage.
| Claim Review | Divya Kochar, wife of Aditya Raj Kaul, exposes the affairs of her husband with a fellow NDTV anchor in a live TOI broadcast. |
| Claim By | Social Media users |
| Fact Check | Misleading claim |
Sources:
- Original video of Divya Kochar on Times of India’s YouTube channel.
- AI Detecting tool – Zhuque AI Detection Assistant
- AI Detecting tool – Detect Video AI
- AI Detecting tool – Hive
- Statement by Aasim Sheikh, AI Expert and Director of SYNCSAS Technologies
