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...
Suicide note dated Nov 18 found from Adv Khandalkar’s shirt Family, friends confirm that he was under depression Cops to probe homicidal angle Post martem report likely today CM directs top brass to personally supervise probe DBA demands CCTV surveillance, better security at Nyay Mandir By Dheeraj Fartode Sensation prevailed in legal fraternity after a badly mangled body of a prominent lawyer Adv Shrikant Khandalkar was found inside Nyay Mandir premises on Sunday afternoon. The discovery of dead body on back side of District Court building Civil Lines under the jurisdiction of Sadar Police Station raised a serious question-mark over security of the building and after initial confusion about cause of death, it became clear by Sunday night that Adv Khandalkar abruptly ended his life by jumping from Nyay Mandir. The cops discovered a suicide note dated November 18 from his person and his elder brother confirmed the handwriting and...