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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 raids hookah parlour at Mate square

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BAJAJ Nagar Police on Monday night raided an unauthorised hookah parlour at Layla Café Lounde, on third floor of Dominos outlet building, near Mate Square in Madhav Nagar, and caught its owner red-handed while providing tobacco products to minors. Cops seized hookah pots, tobacco packets without any statutory warning and other material; collectively worth Rs 60,500.
Police arrested accused owner of the Layla Café Lounge Shyam Bhatia (49), a resident of New Colony, Sadar, in this connection. Acting on a tip off, a team of Bajaj Nagar Police led by senior Inspector Sudhir Nandanwar, raided Layla Café Lounge. During the raid, cops found as many as 26 youngsters, including minors, smoking hookah. The raiding team recorded their names of the youths who were found smoking hookah.  After conducting searches at the parlour, police seized hookah pots, tobacco packets and other material.
On the basis of senior Inspector Nandanwar’s complaint, police registered an offence under Sections 4, 7, 20(1), 21 (1) of the Cigarettes and Other Tobacco Products (Prohibition of Advertisement and Regulation of Trade and Commerce, Production, Supply and Distribution) Act, 2003, Section 77 of (1) of the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2000 and Section 33, 131 of Bombay Police Act against Bhatia at Bajaj Nagar Police Station.

House burgled at Jaripatka

IN yet another sensational house-breaking theft, a gang of unidentified thieves burgled cash and gold ornaments collectively worth Rs 3.22 lakh from the residence of Krishnakishore Suryaprakash Acharya at Plot No 11, Snehdeep Colony, WCL Road in Jaripatka area.
The incident took place between February 4 and 7 when Acharya (46) amd his family members were out of station. The gang gained entry into the house after breaking-open the door lock and took away cash and gold ornaments worth Rs 3.22 lakh from an almirah kept in prayer room and other almirahs in bedrooms.
Jaripatka Police are investigating the case.



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