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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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Integrated check-post will increase state revenue: CM

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Chief minsiter Prithviraj Chavan, union minister Kamal Nath, Guardian minister Shivajirao Moghe, State EGS minister Nitin Raut,  minister of state for energy Rajendra Mulak, state Minister of PWD Ranjit Kamble, state minister for road transport Sachin Ahir, MLA Sunil Kedar and looks on after inauguration of modernised border check post at National Highway no 69 on Tuesday.


By Dheeraj Fartode

Chief minister Prithviraj Chavan inaugurated border check post (BCP) at Khursdapar, near Saoner on Maharashtra-Madhya Pradesh Border on Tuesday. State exchequer will get 100 per cent revenue as modernised check post will end tax evasion, said Chavan while speaking at the programme.
Maharashtra State Road Development Corporation (MSRDC) had launched expansion and modernisation of 22 border check posts in the state in 2008. The MSRDC have categorised the BCP into major, big, medium and small according to goods and passenger traffic and spent Rs 1,000 crore.
Chavan further said that the main purpose of this project is to make additional facilities available for quick and transparent checking of all vehicles that enter state. It will increase revenue of state exchequer, he said. The modernised BCP is equipped with weigh bridges, scanners, video cameras and radio frequency identification devices (RFID) in each lane, the CM informed.
Informing about expansion plan of regional transport department, the CM said “security registration plate, electronic meter for every autorikshawa, computerised monitoring at RTO office and other schemes are underway.” Government had appointed Hakim committee for autorikshaw and taxis in state, he informed.
Union Minister for Urban Development Kamal Nath said that people of Saoner and Chindawada district enjoy extremely co-ordial relations. Praising good work done by Chavan in Maharashtra, Kamal Nath, urged people of Saoner segment to ask their relatives, who are living in Chhindawada district, to vote for Congress if they want to save their future. Though I live in Madhya Pradesh, I always strived for development of neighbouring Saoner, Kamal Nath stated.
MSRDC minister Jaydutt Kshirsagar informed that officials of Sales Tax department, State Excise, Regional Transport Office will be deployed at the check post for round the clock monitoring. All the 22 check posts are connected to central control room, Mumbai, he said.
The total pavement area constructed alongwith lanes, parking, detention and inspection area is around 64,000 sq mt. Four booths have been constructed on each side with provision for future expansion. Weighbridges of capacities 150 MT, 100 MT, and 60 MT, he said. Sadbhav Engineering Ltd and D Thakkar Construction Pvt. Ltd have constructed the project jointly.
Guardian minister Shivajirao Moghe, State EGS minister Nitin Raut,  Minister of State for Energy Rajendra Mulak, state Minister of MSRDC Ranjit Kamble, MoS for road transport Sachin Ahir, Saoner MLA Sunil Kedar, MSRDC Managing Director Bipin Shrimali, Transport Secretary Dr Shailesh Kumar Sharma, Divisional Commissioner B V Gopala Reddy, District Collector Saurabh Rao, ZP CEO P Pradeep and others were present during the programme.
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