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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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Woman duped of Rs 30,000 by seeking details of debit card

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A 38-year-old woman working was duped of  30,000 by a person who posed as a State Bank Of India (SBI) official. The trickster duped the woman by making a phone call and sought Debit card details. 
In her complaint, Archana Premanand Undirwade, a resident of Plot No. 55, Ekatmata Nagar, Wankhede layout, said she was cheated by a person who called her for restoring her Debit card. As trickster posed as SBI official, she gave details. 
Using the details, the trickster conducted on-line transactions four times. After getting the message, the woman called him up about debit entries and he told the woman not to worry and the bank will refund the money. A police officer said that the woman had shared One Time Password (OTP) three more times and Rs 13,990, Rs 5000, Rs 9,999 and Rs 262 were debited from her account. MIDC police have registered the case under Sections 419 and 420 of Indian Penal Code. 

Girls and women molested at five spots in city

Five cases of molestation were registered in the city under the jurisdictions of Yashodhara Nagar, Dhantoli, Pachpaoli, Koradia and Wadi police station areas. In the first case, an unidentified man molested a woman when she was going to home on an Activa moped in Yashodhara Nagar. According to police, the incident took place between August 29 and September 23. The accused was following the victim everyday when she was going to home, said police. A case under Section 354 (d) of Indian Penal Code was registered against the accused by Yashodhara Nagar police. Dhantoli police have registered a criminal case against a 25-year-old youth who allegedly molested a 17-year-old girl. The accused, Aditya Raju Rangari, a resident of Lane No. 2, Rameshwari Raod, used to stalk the girl, the police said. He allegedly intercepted the girl while returning home and molested her in the basement of an apartment. Based on a complaint lodged by her parents, a case under Section 354, 354 (d) of Indian Penal Code read with Section 12 of POSCO Act was registered against him.In the third case, Pachpaoli police on Tuesday registered a case against a 27-year-old man for outraging modesty of a 13-year-old girl when she was dancing on Garba. The accused has been identified as Harshal Sonu Raju Masram (27), a resident of Pachpaoli. Police have booked the accused under Section 354 (a) of Indian Penal Code read with Section 12 of POSCO Act. In the fourth case, a 28-year-old man was booked by Koradi police on Tuesday for allegedly molesting his a teenage girl. According to the police, the accused - Jitendra Bhagwandas Nistane (28), a resident of Koradi - allegedly followed the girl on the motorcycle and molested her by touching her appropriately. Koradi police have slapped Sections 354, 504 of Indian Penal Code and Sections 7, 8 of POSCO Act against the accused.In the fifth case, a juvenile was booked by Wadi police for outraging modesty of a 15-year-old girl. The boy called the girl for help when she was passing by the road. He asked her to collect the lamps of Hanuman temple at 7.30 pm. When the girl started helping him, he allegedly molested her. Wadi cops have registered the case under Section 354 of Indian Penal Code read with Section 8 of POSCO Act. 


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