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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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Satvik Investment firm goes bust; promoter Amol Dhake flees city

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17 investors who collectively lost Rs. 34 lakh approaches Ambazari police
Dhake, wife and three others booked for cheating 

By Dheeraj Fartode
Yet another investment company has gone bust. Ambazari police have booked Chairman of Satvik Group of Investment Amol Dhake and five Directors, including his wife, for cheating investors to the tune of Rs 34 lakh. Incidentally, Dhake had already wound-up his establishment in city and disposed of properties and fled the city, the police stated. 

Cops are currently clueless about location of Dhake and have launched manhunt to get nab him. He left city around six months ago when his investment went awry. Acting on the complaint by Sanjay Prakash Kashikar (50), a resident of house of 808 (a), near Model Mill Road, Karnalbag, the police have booked Chairman Amol Dhake and his wife,  Mahendra Kohad, Atul Dikshit, Sandip Mahajan and Mohan Joshi.

Police Inspector of Ambazari police station Balasaheb Khade told ‘The Hitavada’ that the complaint has been registered on the basis of Kashikar’s application. Kashikar is a driver and does odd jobs in Government officer. We have received 16 complaints of frauds against Dhake till date and registered them after proper investigations,” he said.

As per the police’s knowledge, Dhake had accounts at Samruddhi Co-operative Bank and Indian Overseas Bank. The police have served notices to both banks under section 91 of Cr.Pc. “We are waiting for reply of banks to examine transactions by Satvik Group,” PI Khade further said.

Sources informed that maximum investors in the company were close relatives and friends of Amol Dhake. As the balance sheet of the company is now empty, investors used to meet Dhake in his office to get back their money. Dhake had shielded himself from rage of investors by assuring them higher return by selling his properties. Though he sold his entire property in city and vanished without trace leaving the investors in soup.

It can be mentioned that Dhake floated prospective investors by promising astronomical returns on fanciful schemes. Hundreds of investors fell prey to ponzy schemes of Satvik Group. Sources informed that hundreds of persons have parked their money in Satvik Group in lure of high returns. 

After Wasankar, Shreesurya, Raviraj and many other investment fraudster companies, Satvik Group allegedly defaulted on payments and thus left the investors again high and dry. Ambazari police have registered the case under sections 420 and 406 of Indian Penal Code read with section 3 of  Maharashtra Protection Of Interest Of Depositors (MPID) Act. Further investigations are on. 

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  1. Unknown20 July 2015 at 21:19

    god save the investors,as the P.I ambazari is a man of malefide intentions,
    He will not be working for the looser but would definitely help himself by cunningly compromising his uniform.check face book for b.b.khade

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