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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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Police conducts special nakabandi

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Police Nakabandi

Entire city police force right from Commissioner of Police to Police Constable were on their toes on Tuesday night for a special nakabandi carried on to capture criminals and anti-social elements. The sudden orders to conduct this massive checking drive were given by new Commissioner of Police K K Pathak following a credible input received from intelligence agencies about possible trouble on December 6. Exactly 20 years ago, the disputed Babri structure at Ayodhya was demolished and since then intelligence agencies are keeping a close watch on elements which may foment trouble to disturb communal harmony. Though such warnings have become almost routine, the police force is taking no chance this time as well.

This time, the entire Maharashtra Police has been asked to remain on high alert. The Director General of Police asked top police officials across the state to personally lead the force and undertake massive combing exercise. Especially four wheelers are being checked. A senior police officer confirmed that all top officials including Joint Commissioner of Police Sanjay Saxena, Additional Commissioner of Police Anant Shinde, DCPs Kailash Kanse, Mangaljeet Siram, Chandrakishor Meena, Sanjay Darade, all ACPs, all Police Inspectors and their sub-ordinate staff maintained vigil on every major city streets. Even in notorious slum areas, betting dens, liquor bars and eating joints, the operation was carried out to identify trouble mongers. In rural area, Nagpur SP Dr Manoj Kumar Sharma, Additional SP Prakash Jadhav led the force.

Till the filing of this report, the entire force was visible in every part of city. Sudden presence of such a large number of personnel and senior officers took citizens by surprise. Apart from routine checks like drunken driving, special emphasis of entire operation was to nab history-sheeters and probable trouble makers. On the eve of Winter Session, the second capital otherwise also gets a thick security blanket. During coming days, similar surprise checks will be conducted in various parts of city. With additional force coming to Nagpur to maintain vigil during winter session, citizens will have to undergo such special nakabandi for security reasons.
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