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AI Joins the Force: Maharashtra Police Deploys ‘Crime-OS’ for Smarter Investigations

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By Dheeraj Fartode  Imagine a police officer uploads an FIR and within seconds, an AI assistant begins planning the investigation. It write official letters, scan bank data and spot suspicious transactions. It sounds like science fiction - but it’s now reality in Maharashtra. The state police have started using Crime-OS, a powerful Artificial Intelligence (AI) tool developed under the MARVEL project (Maharashtra Research and Vigilance for Enhanced Law Enforcement). This tool, built in partnership with the Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Nagpur, works like the co-pilot feature in Microsoft Office - but to solve crimes. It helps police save valuable time and reduces the heavy workload of investigations. Assistant Superitendent of Police (ASP) Deepak Agrawal explained that police investigations usually take a lot of time and effort. Crime-OS is designed to ease that burden. “For example, if a fraud case FIR is uploaded, the tool automatically picks out important information. It t...
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Atrocities against women: Lady MLAs unite

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Furious women legislators of all parties on Wednesday united on the rising incidents of atrocities on women and staged a dharna at staircase of Vidhan Bhavan. The legislators are pressing for strengthening the existing laws so that culprits do not go scot free. They later called on Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan and submitted him a memorandum. Earlier, Parliamentary Affairs Minister Harshwardhan Patil Leader of Opposition in Legislative Council Vinod Tawade called on the agitating lady legislators and gave them a patient hearing.


Shiv Sena’s Dr Neelam Gorhe, BJP’s Pankaja Munde, NCP’s  Vidya Chavan, Congress’s Yashomati Thakur and Alka Desai, and others staged protest on the stair case. Atrocities against women are raising in the country. On Monday, a 23-year-old girl was gangraped in a moving bus in New Delhi. A 10-year old girl was sexually exploited in Nagpur, the second capital of Maharashtra. The lack of stringent laws is being seen as main hindrance in acting as deterrent for the culprits and hence there are not let-up in actions against women.
NCP’s Women Wing has also come on front and submitted a memorandum to all MLAs at Vidhan Bhavan on Tuesday. The legislators gathered at staircase with placards and shouted slogans for stern action against every accused in the rape case. They also demanded for immediate appointment of Chairman of State Women’s Commission that is lying vacant since long.

Spokesperson of Shiv Sena Dr Neelam Gorhe said that government should ensure safety of women in state as crime against women is increasing everyday. The accused have no fear about law as they are getting bail after committing heinous crimes like rape. All women MLAs will raise the issue in both houses of State Legislatures to give justice to every woman of the state, she added. Vidya Chavan said that non-bailable offence should be registered against the accused persons. Tougher punishment are needed so that the culprit understand what means to outrage the modesty of woman and similarly a message goes to society that crime against women does not pay off.

The memorandum submitted to Chief minister demanded quick registration of first investigation report (FIR); immediate seizure accused clothes and other incriminating material so that medical report, that plays an important role during trail can be clear cut; expert doctors should be appointed in state hospitals; special section be incorporated in Indian Penal Code (IPC) on the lines of one existing in Uganda and UK for trying accused persons involved in acid attack. They insisted for a ban on telecast of obscene movies and videos on television. Censor Board should rethink over their certificate issuing system, the legislators unanimously demanded.
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