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While they searched, unknown persons allegedly used a live video call to show a boy with a knife and threaten to harm him unless they paid. The family transferred Rs1.02 lakh after the callers sent a QR code. The call reportedly lasted several hours and the callers did not let the family disconnect. On February 4 the boy was traced safely in Dewas after contacting a friend, and he said he knew nothing of any such call. Police are investigating a cyber fraud angle and say the possibility of AI-generated or manipulated video is being examined. Transactions are being analysed to identify those involved.","tags":[],"date_detected":null,"near_miss":null,"root_cause":null,"root_cause_detail":null,"failure_class_detail":null,"responsible_party":null,"adversarial_actor":null,"input_provenance":null,"time_to_contain":null,"operations_paused":null,"remediation":null,"precursor_events":null},"impact":{"direct_loss_usd":null,"remediation_hours":null,"records_exposed":null,"third_parties_affected_count":null,"severity":"minor","severity_because":"Test applied: minor (contained to one family, no third party touched). The sources state a single family paid Rs1.02 lakh; no other party or system is reported as affected.","harm_class":["financial"],"affected_description":null,"protected_class_involved":null,"data_categories_exposed":[],"loss_range_usd":null,"reversibility":null,"downstream_exposure_count":null},"evidence":{"sources":[{"url":"https://www.bhaskarenglish.in/local/mp/news/indore-kidnap-scam-teen-resurfaces-rs-102-lakh-paid-137295244.html","publisher":"Bhaskar English","date":"2026-02-02","type":"press","title":"Family duped with AI video showing missing son kidnapped: Parents transfer Rs1.02 lakh under threat; boy tr... - Bhaskar English","archived_url":null,"attachment":"first_report","independence":"independent"}],"per_field_confidence":{"impact.harm_class":"C","event.incident_class":"D","impact.severity":"D","impact.severity_because":"D","event.summary":"C","system.autonomy_level":"D","system.deployment_context":"D","event.trigger":"D","event.detection_method":"D","context.country":"D","system.developer":"D","event.date_disclosed":"D","context.denominator_available":"D"},"field_citations":{"impact.harm_class":[{"source_index":0,"quote":"Due to fear, the family transferred Rs1.02 lakh"}],"event.incident_class":[{"source_index":0,"quote":"unknown persons allegedly used a live video call to threaten his parents and extort Rs 1.02 lakh in the MIG police station area"}],"impact.severity":[{"source_index":0,"quote":"Due to fear, the family transferred Rs1.02 lakh"}],"impact.severity_because":[{"source_index":0,"quote":"Due to fear, the family transferred Rs1.02 lakh"}],"event.summary":[{"source_index":0,"quote":"A 16-year-old boy’s disappearance turned into a case of cyber extortion after unknown persons allegedly used a live video call to threaten his parents and extort Rs 1.02 lakh in the MIG police station area."},{"source_index":0,"quote":"According to the boy’s mother, Pooja Prajapat, her son left home on February 2 for coaching classes but did not return."},{"source_index":0,"quote":"They showed a boy with a large knife near him and threatened to kill him if we did not pay."},{"source_index":0,"quote":"The accused sent a QR code and asked for payment."},{"source_index":0,"quote":"The video call reportedly continued for several hours, creating intense fear and pressure."},{"source_index":0,"quote":"Due to fear, the family transferred Rs1.02 lakh"},{"source_index":0,"quote":"On February 4, the boy was traced safely in Dewas after he contacted a friend."},{"source_index":0,"quote":"The minor has stated that he had no knowledge of any such video call."},{"source_index":0,"quote":"Dandotia said the possibility of AI-generated or manipulated video is also being examined."},{"source_index":0,"quote":"Transaction details are being analysed to identify those involved."}]},"notes_on_gaps":"The sources are one press article from Bhaskar English with police statements; no source is from the implicated party or a government evaluator. No AI system, model, developer, harness or deployer is named, and the article says AI-generated or manipulated video is only being examined, so AI involvement is not confirmed and agent_involved is set to false. The date of the video call and payment is not stated, so no date_occurred is given. The article metadata date (2026-02-02) conflicts with the February 4 events it reports, so no date_disclosed is used. The amount is in Indian rupees and no USD conversion is stated, so direct_loss_usd is omitted. The trigger is judged as human_misuse from the stated extortion. Severity minor is my judgement. No controls, remediations or detection method are reported, so links and remediations are empty. Country IN is inferred from the Indore and MIG police station references and rupee amounts. Industry is not stated. [case created by the backfill: read by claude-haiku-5-5, backfill-2026-11-01.2, 2026-11-01; not yet reviewed] [2026-11-01: evidence level set: Preliminary (1 report: Bhaskar English · subject to change)]"},"context":{"industry":null,"org_size_band":null,"country":"unknown","denominator_available":false,"denominator":null,"related_incident_ids":[],"systemic_exposure":null,"shared_model_id":null,"upstream_incident_id":null,"incident_evidence":null,"regulatory":null,"coverage":null},"narrative":{"steps":[{"step":"doing","text":"A 16-year-old boy left home for coaching classes on February 2 and did not return. 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