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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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Howrah-Mumbai train route affected due to OHE breakdown

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Major trains on Howrah-Mumbai-Howrah came to standstill on Friday evening for two hours. 


By Dheeraj Fartode

Train movement on buisy Howrah-Mumbai-Howrah route was thrown out of gear after wire of over head equipment (OHE) broke down due to shot circuit between Tumsar-Tirodi section on Friday night. Six superfast trains were detained at respective stations following the incident.
An OHE, which is used to transmit electrical energy to trains at a distance from the energy supply point, got damaged between Tumsar-Tirodi section following a short circuit at 7.45 pm on Friday. 12859 Mumbai-Howrah Gitanjali express was running with its high speed when the incident occurred. Power supply for Howrah-Mumbai (Up line) and Mumbai-Howrah (Down line) was suspended and Gitanjali express stood stationery on the track. Loco pilot of the train relayed the information to operating control of SECR and the operating control swung into action. Operating control relayed information to all loco pilots of running trains between Gondia-Nagpur-Gondia stations and directed to stop at respective stations.
S L Verma, Divisional Railway Manager (DRM) of South East Central Railway (SECR) told ‘The Hitavada’ that staff of electrical department of SECR rushed to the spot and started operation. The DRM informed that train movement on Down line was resumed at 8.06 pm. However, movement on UP line was resumed at 10 pm as OHE of UP line was damaged more in the incident.
12834 Howrah-Ahemdabad express was worst affected after the incident and was running late by four hours. Movement of 12102 Howrah-Lokmany Tilak Jnaneswari super deluxe express, 12859 Mumbai-Howrah Gitanjali express, 12833 Ahebdabad-Howrah express were also affected after the incident.
According to DRM, the OHE was quite old and needs replacement. Following this incident, work to replace the OHE will be expedited and will be completed soon, he stated. 


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