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

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...

Women are safe in Maharashtra, claims Police Chief

Director General of Police Sanjeev Dayal addressing a press conference during his Nagpur visit while CP K K Pathak, Joint CP Sanjay Saxena, Special IG Rajender Kumar are looks on.

We are taking all steps to nab culprits of Mumbai incident and to maintain right atmosphere for women in public place 

By Dheeraj Fartode
Under sharp criticism following a brutal gangrape of a photo-journalist in Mumbai, the Director General of Police (DGP) Sanjeev Dayal on Thursday claimed that Maharashtra is safest place for women. Safety of women is our top priority, he claimed while appealing people not to judge efficiency of force on the basis of only one incident. “Every offence against women are freely registered in the state and such dastardly crime against women will not be tolerated,” he said.

Addressing a press conference at Police Gymkhana, the DGP said that Mumbai police have arrested accused in Mumbai gang-rape case. “Cops are on toes about every matter related to sexual assault against women after Delhi gang-rape case.” He refused to share further details about Mumbai gang-rape case. He appealed society to pay respect towards women and adhere to value system wherein every women is respected. “Our education system should create gender-sensitisation and dissuade people from showing any disrespect for women,” he said.

Talking about murder of anti-superstition crusader Dr Narendra Dabholkar, the top cop said that cops are investigating the case and he will review the progress on Saturday during his Pune visit. Dabholkar had refused security cover, he informed while paying tributes to rationalist thinker.

Talking about installation of CCTV in Mumbai and Pune cities, DGP Dayal said “a committee headed by Chief Secretary has been constituted in this regard and Chief minister Prithiviraj Chavan has cleared the decision to purchase CCTV from Government company.”

When asked about failure of local intelligence in Dabholkar murder case, he replied that government is trying to include intelligence system in standard operating system (SOP).

Answering a question about mobile phones found with prisoners in Central Jail Nagpur, the DGP said that prison is independent department of state and he is not the right authority to comment. Commissioner of Police K K Pathak, Joint Commissioner of Police Sanjay Saxena, Special Inspector General of Police Rajender Kumar were present at the press conference. 

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