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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 thrash villager, angry protesters hit back

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By Dheeraj Fartode
Villagers of Kodamendhi village blocked Ramtek-Bhandara state highway and ransacked vehicles including a police jeep and MSRTC’s bus after one police officer allegedly thrashed a rice mill owner on Monday.
Demanding suspension of Police Inspector of Ramtek Police station, Kishor Gavai, the irked villagers launched protest on the state highway.


Cops resorted to mild lathi charge to disperse the angry mob and clear the highway. The villagers torched some tyres on the road and created ruckus to press their demand to take action against police official for his alleged high-handed act. The protest continued for around five hours. Additional Superintendent of Police Prakash Jadhav intervened into the matter and pacified angry villagers.


Raghunath Deshmukh (42), a rice mill owner was heading towards Kodamendhi village with his tractor. PI Gavai and staff were in front of his vehicle in a police jeep. Deshmukh accelerated his tractor and tried to overtake the jeep, in the process posing a danger to police vehicle. The act of Deshmukh irked PI Gavai and he blocked the tractor. As per the reports, Gavai allegedly pulled up Deshmukh from tractor and thrashed him with help of police staff.
Irked villagers protesting on state highway.

News of the incident spread into the Kodamendhi village and hundreds of villagers gathered on the road and resorted to heavy sloganeering against police. Some villagers torched tyres on the road. Staff of Ramtek police station arrived at the spot and cane charged to disperse the mob. Angry villagers ransacked MSRTC’s bus and SDPO Deepak Salunke’s official Jeep. They also pelted stones at police in which many of them sustained injuries. The angry mob also retalitated police lathi charge and manhandled some of the police personnel and according to eye-witnesses thrashed them black and blue.
MLA Adv Ashish Jaiswal talking with the protesters.  

Political leaders including MLA Adv Ashish Jaiswal, ZP member Babita Sathawane, Ashok Hatwar, state general secretary of NCP Sadanand Nimkar and others arrived at the spot. Additional SP Prakash Jadhav too arrived at the spot and discussed the issue with Raghunath Deshmukh and his relatives. Addl SP Jadhav assured them to conduct a genuine inquiry in the case. Jadhav told ‘The Hitavada’ that additional force has been deployed at the spot and action will be taken if the officer is found guilty in the case.


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