Claim: A still from the CCTV footage of a Lahore university shows a teacher and student in an inappropriate act.
Fact: The visual is AI-generated. Soch Fact Check did not find any credible reports that such an incident took place in a Lahore university in April 2026.
On 14 April 2026, Facebook page ‘KWS News’ posted (archive) a snapshot from closed-circuit television (CCTV) footage allegedly showing a teacher in an inappropriate act with her student. The timestamp on the top-left corner states that it was taken at 11:42:15 AM on 28 March 2026.
The accompanying captions reads as follows:
“بریکنگ نیوز | KWS News لاہور کی ایک نجی یونیورسٹی میں مبینہ طور پر لیکچرار اور طالب علم کے درمیان نامناسب تعلقات کا معاملہ سامنے آیا ہے۔ ذرائع کے مطابق واقعہ سی سی ٹی وی فوٹیج کے بعد منظرِ عام پر آیا، جس پر یونیورسٹی انتظامیہ نے فوری ایکشن لیتے ہوئے دونوں کو معطل کر دیا۔ انتظامیہ کا کہنا ہے کہ معاملے کی مکمل تحقیقات جاری ہیں اور مزید تادیبی کارروائی بھی متوقع ہے۔ یہ واقعہ تعلیمی اداروں میں اخلاقی حدود اور پیشہ ورانہ ذمہ داریوں کی اہمیت کو ایک بار پھر اجاگر کرتا ہے۔
[BREAKING NEWS | KWS News: A case of alleged inappropriate relations between a lecturer and a student has come to light at a private university in Lahore. According to sources, the incident came to light after it was captured on CCTV footage, following which the university administration took immediate action and suspended both of them. The administration says a thorough investigation into the matter is underway and further disciplinary action is expected. The incident once again highlights the importance of ethical boundaries and professional responsibilities in educational institutions.]”
A screenshot of the viral social media post
Fact or Fiction?
Soch Fact Check did not find any credible reports by reputable media outlets about such an incident occurring at a university in Lahore in April 2026.
A reverse-image search led us to social media posts that only rehashed the same picture but without any supporting evidence, such as the name of the individuals involved or that of the university and the date the purported incident took place.
We then tested the image in Hive Moderation to see if it was created using artificial intelligence (AI) tools. The detector said there was a 99.9% likelihood but, specifically, noted a 99.3% probability that it was generated using Gemini 3 — Google’s “most intelligent model yet” — among different models.
Taking cues from this, we checked if the visual contains SynthID, an imperceptible watermark embedded in all content generated by Google’s AI tools. To do so, we ran it through a dedicated detector, which currently works through Gemini in Pakistan.
The SynthID Detector confirmed that the photo was made with Google AI, with a “very high” confidence level.
Screenshot of the result from SynthID Detector, which confirmed there was “very high” confidence that the photo was made with Google AI
Soch Fact Check, therefore, concludes that the image is fake. Further, no such credible news sources have reported on such an incident recently.
Virality
Soch Fact Check found the image circulating here, here, here, here, here, here, and here on Facebook, here, here, and here on Instagram, and here on Threads.
The visual was also shared here and here on X (formerly Twitter).
X user @ia_rajpoot — whose bio says he’s a “journalist” — did not remove the image when told it was AI-generated. In fact, he went as far as to assert that a “crime took place in a university”, question a journalist’s credibility, and ask a commenter if it was a “good act”. His post has so far garnered 411,200 views so far.
@ChotiSheikhni, another X user, cited a response by Grok — an AI chatbot integrated within X — as evidence that the incident did take place. They also went on to claim that they had confirmed its authenticity.
Sahafi Online, a website that appears to publish news, also put up a report about the visual with the same text as in the viral social media posts.
Conclusion: The visual is AI-generated. We did not find any credible reports that such an incident took place at a university in Lahore.
Background image in cover photo: Arthur
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