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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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Cops to ask hoteliers, shops for character certificate of staffers

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By Dheeraj Fartode

Alarmed by violent tendencies displayed by a staffer in Skylark hotel firing case, the City police has decided to check antedencents of all employees working at hotels, shops, restaurants and malls. 
Joint Commissioner of Police (Joint CP) Rajvardhan on Thursday conducted a meeting of all Deputy Commissioners of Police (DCPs) and ordered them to check whether any criminal is working at any of these places? 
A senior police officer informed The Hitavada, Skylark firing case has raised eyebrows of senior police officers. It also revealed the unpleasant truth of many criminals covertly or overtly working with many of the commercial establishments and some anti-socials disguising as employees are also carrying unlicenced guns. Sensing a grave danger to public peace and tranquility, Nagpur Police have decided to scan all employees. Most of these establishments witness high attrition rates and many novices and unknown persons are offered the jobs directly or sent by some placement agencies, without any check of their past. 
Spokesperson of City Police DCP Ranjan Kumar Sharma informed that Joint CP Rajvardhan would issue an order under Section 144 of The Code of Criminal Procedure within 48 hours and order all commercial establishments to submitt Character Certificates of their employees with the concerned police stations. Cops would take stern action against establishment where staffers with criminal antecedent or direct involvement in criminal activities are employed, said another officer. 
After the order, Police Station will start Character Certificate checking drive at all Bars, Restaurants, Shops and Malls so that Skylark firing incident should not be repeated. 
It can be mentioned, the Skylark Firing incident has unearthed the extent of negligence on part of police and their cosy relationship with hotel owners. The bouncer with criminal history was working at the hotel since two months right under the nose of Tehsil Police Station. Shockingly, the bouncer regularly carried gun in the hotel.
Interestingly, DCP Sharma had floated WhatsApp groups of all hotel and lodges of city to connect the hotel employees with police four months ago. To a query whether Hotel Skylark’s employees are members of WhatsApp group, the DCP said, “the group was floated for lodges.”


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