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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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Nagpur girl takes to Twitter to get info about father stranded in Nepal

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By Dheeraj Fartode
A city girl Anuradha Nikumbh, used Twitter to reach out to External Affairs Minister, Sushma Swaraj and locate her father Vasudeosingh Nikumbh (63) in Nepal after the earthquake. She had Twitted “"I had been trying hard since afternoon to reach out Ministry of External Affairs through phone. My dad is in Kathmandu I am unable to contact please help people like us.”" Minutes after her tweet, Sushma Swaraj asked for details about her father. 

For Anuradha, she is currently working in Pune, it was a sort of a shock as she did not anticipate such a fast response and that to from an Union Minister. But gathering herself she uploaded picture of her father along with all other details. 
A grab of tweets exchanged between
External Affairs Minister Sushma
Swaraj Anuradha on Twitter. 
After two hours, her mother received an information at Nagpur that Vasudevsingh Nikumbh (62) was traced in Nepal and he is hale and hearty. The news brought relief in Nikumbh household. Nikumbh is in Nepal for visiting Pashupashinath Temple.
The use of social media and response from External Affair Minister Sushma Swaraj has left deep imprint of Nikumbh family.

Anuradha told ‘The Hitavada’ that the family got panicked after hearing news of earthquake in Nepal. “We tried to contact father on mobile phone but it was found to be switched off. Then she recalled about being in touch with External Affairs Minister on Twitter and decided to give it a chance. It was really great experience as Swaraj had responded speedily,” she said. 

Sapna Nikumbh, mother of Anuradha, who lives in Somalwada area said, Vasudeosingh left the city on Wednesday. He along with relatives including Thakursingh Nikumbh (64), Gunwansingh Rathod (76), boarded Gorakhpur Express on Wednesday and reached Kathmandu on Friday night. “Vasudeosingh had called on Friday night,” she said. However, the news of Earthquake panicked Sapna on Saturday as she is living alone at home. I was in panic for a day as there was no contact with Vasudeosingh, she said. Thanks Sushma Swaraj and thanks Twitter, she said.

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