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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 conducting inquiry in Naxal attack, ADG Rajinder Singh

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After killing of 15 jawans of Quick Response Team of Gadchiroli Police by banned Communist Party of India (maoist) operatives in Jambhul Kheda, top brass of state police has ordered an inquiry to ascertain reasons so that such incidents would not repeated in the future. 
Statements of more than 15 police personnel were recorded so far and the inquiry would be completed within next two-days, informed Additional Director General of Police (ADG) Special Operations Rajinder Singh on Saturday. 
Interacting with mediapersons at Nagpur after camping at Gadchiroli for three-days, Rajinder Singh said, “We are trying to ascertain whether the earlier incident of arson on the same day of attack was a bait,” he said.  The QRT was moving towards where the 27 vehicles were burnt. The exact cause of the attack was not known then. The agencies are now looking into possibility if it was a bait to attack the police party, he said.  The investigators are also studying whether Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) was followed or not and availability of intelligence inputs. “We are taking review of the entire episode to arrive at some conclusion,” he said and added that action would be initiated if someone found guilty. 
He further added that the police had managed to gain upper hand in the Gadchiroli district in recent years. “There was drop in movement of naxals after last year’s encounter of 40 naxalites,” he claimed and added that Maharashtra Police suffered a heavy loss of jawans in this attack. The police will retaliate in full force against naxals in the district, he assured. 

Police registers case against naxal leader and 40 others

Gadchiroli Police have registered a case against Naxal leader Bhaskar Hichkani and over 40 others in connection with the blast in Gadchiroli district in which 15 policemen and a driver were killed.
Ramco alias Kamla Manku Narote, 46, Divisional Committee Member of Gatta Dalam of the Naxals, was killed in an encounter with police in Gadchiroli district on April 27. She was carrying a reward of Rs 16 lakh on her head.




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