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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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Mahagenco files police complaint against coal washery operators

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  • The washery operators were engaged to wash and minimize the ash content in coal received from Western Coalfields Limited, South Eastern Coalfields Limited, Mahanadi Coalfields Limited 

By Dheeraj Fartode
Accusing coal washery operators with embezzeling 6.16 lakh metric tonne coal worth Rs 122 crore, Maharashtra State Power Generatioon Company Limited (MSPGC) has filed a complaint with Sadar police against six operators requesting to register offence against them for criminal breach of trust, forgery, cheating and fraud. 
According to Mahagenco, the washery operators were engaged to wash and minimize the ash content in coal received from Western Coalfields Limited, South Eastern Coalfields Limited, Mahanadi Coalfields Limited and the alleged discrepancy took place during 2009 to 2011. The contract with washery operators was terminated in August 2012 and their bank guarantee was confiscated. It was followed by long and bitter legal proceedings between Mahagenco and washery operators and matter is pending before the Supreme Court. 
Mahagenco claimed that operators did not supply the recoup quantity of coal to the tune of 5.64 lakh metric tonne and balance quantity of raw coal lying with operators to the tune of 52,454 MT due to non-fulfillment of required parameters and as such 6.16 lakh MT tonne coal belonging to Mahagenco tantamount to various offences. 
The Mahagenco has named M/s Gupta Coalfields and &Washeries Ltd, Nagpur; M/s ACB (India) Ltd formerly M/s Aryan Coal & Benefication Pvt Ltd; M/s Indo Unique Flame Ltd, Nagpur; M/s Bhatia International Ltd, Indore and Nagpur; M/s Spectrum Coal&Power Ltd, New Delhi and Hyderabad; M/s Global Coal &Mining Pvt Ltd, Gurgaon in the complaint. The Mahagenco has given bifurcation of coal lifted by each of the washery operator from three coal utilities, actual coal supplied and balanced raw coal not liquidated to substantiate its allegations. 
Mahagenco alleged that washery operators have not come forward to sign the joint reconciliation statement and also failed to liquidate the raw coal stock holding with them and thus they have cheated Mahagenco and State of Maharashtra. The complainant claimed that washery operators lifted more quantity and supplied less than the agreed recoup quantity and one-sided calculations were done by Mahagenco in May 2012 and later decision to encash bank guarantee of washery operators was taken. Sadar Police has registered the complaint but yet to file FIR against non-applicants named in the criminal complaint filed by Mahagenco on Saturday. 

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  1. UMAKANT30 April 2016 at 14:46

    Issue Managed successfully

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  2. UMAKANT30 April 2016 at 14:47

    Complaints asked to show criminality against each operator.

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