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...
By Dheeraj Fartode
The transfers and promotions of more than 70 senior Police officers in Maharahstra, due on May 31 as per annual calendar, are now likely to take place only in the second week of June, thanks to various factors including the purposeful red-tape that operates in the highest quarters in the Home Department.‘The Hitavada’ has learnt from reliable sources that the files regarding transfers and promotions have reached the offices of the Home Minister and thence of the Chief Minister and are pending clearance.
Though these highly placed sources refused to reveal the reasons for the delay, ‘The Hitavada’ has learnt reliably that extra-professional considerations have weighed more than administrative ones. Some sources also did not rule out ‘political’ considerations, thanks to pressures from interested parties or persons in high places.
Included in the list of delayed transfers and promotions are 5-6 officers who are slated to be elevated to the rank of Additional Directors General (ADG) of Police; 8-10 officers slated to rise to the positions of Special Inspectors General (SIG) of Police; and about 12 officers waiting for promotions as Deputy Inspectors General (DIG) of Police, it is learnt.
This delay is not a new phenomenon in the State, however. Such delays have taken place on quite a few times in the past some years, highly placed anonymous sources have revealed. Most such delays can be attributed to political pressures. This year’s delay can be attributed to ensuing elections to Maharashtra Legislative Assembly as well as Lok Sabha due next year. ‘The Hitavada’ has learnt that attempts of Police top brass to avoid delays were frustrated by political pressure groups in the past few weeks.
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