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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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Delhi bizman lost Rs 20 lakh at Nagpur

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A businessman lost Rs. 20 lakh after a third person turned-up and claimed the booty and vanished in thin air. “The man collected the cash from two different places and went missing with the cash,” said Ganeshpeth Police. 

Complainant Mukesh Sohanlal Bhatia (45), a resident of Plot No. 1152, Vishwapuri, Ludhiana, Punjab, is into woolen business. He supplies woolen products across the India. More than 70 % woolen material in Tibetan market and other places comes through the businessman. 
He arrived in the city on December 29 and collected the dues of woolen supplies. After collecting cash, he kept some cash with one Shantilal Kothari and Tipti Central Market near Baidyanath Square. He then went to Nanded to visit the Gurudwara.. 
Meanwhile, he phoned Kothari and one person of Tipti Central Market and asked them to handed over the cash to one Purushottam, his trusted man. The men handed over cash to Purushottam as instructed by Bhatia. 
After collecting the cash, Purushottam has gone missing. Bhatia arrived in the city and learned that the money was not delivered at Ludhiana.  He then approached Ganeshpeth Police Station and lodged the complaint. The cops have registered the case under Section 406 of IPC. A senior police officer of Ganeshpeth Police Station said that the are searching for Purushottam who went missing with the cash. There is a possibility of Hawala racket in the entire case and police are investigating from that angle, said the sources.

Dhantoli police returns 25 stolen mobikes to owners

Dhantoli police on Monday handed over 25 motorycles to its original owners. The police have successfully traced 170 vehicles worth Rs 64.84 lakh in a year and returned to victims. “We have traced stolen vehicles, ornaments, cash and mobile phones collectively worth Rs 76.33 lakh so far and returned to victims,” said Senior Police Inspector of Dhantoli Police Station Rajan Mane. 
PI Mane further informed that the police have returned gold ornaments worth Rs 2.35 lakh, cash worth Rs 5.7 lakh, mobile phones and other goods worth Rs 3.44 lakh. 
Under guidance of DCP Zone II Rakesh Kalasagar, ACP Kishor Kale, PI Mane, API Kishor Gaddime, HC Kundan, Shivdas, Gajanan, Vsanta and others worked hard to traced the valuables. 

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