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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 jumps to death in front of hubby

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In a heart-wrenching incident, a 30-year-old woman allegedly jumped to her death in front of her husband from the third floor of a posh apartment in Hudkeshwar area on Monday night. Her one-and-a-half-year-old twin son and daughter were in the bedroom when she took the extreme step. 
The deceased has been identified as Sonali Amardeep Rangari (30), a resident of Flat No. 304, Building No. 1, Anand Vihar colony, Hudkeshwar. 
Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) Zone IV Nirmala Devi informed that Sonali was native of Mumbai and she married with Amardeep against the wish of her parents. After marriage, Sonali had stopped practice in the court and she had given berth to twin son and daughter last year. 
Amaradeep had recently purchased a flat in Anand Vihar Colony and house warming ceremony was organisd on Sunday. Relatives of Amardeep attended the function but no relatives from Sonali’s side including her parents turned up for the event. 
There was heated exchange of words between the couple as Sonali was upset over Amardeep’s relative for staying at their new home for last three-days. While arguing with Amardeep in the balcony of the flat, Sonali suddenly jumped from the balcony at around 11.30 pm. Her head was smashed against a heap of paver blocks. She was seriously injured in the incident and blood was oozing from her head. Amardeep and others rushed her to hospital where doctors declared her brought dead. Sonali had made eight phone calls to her mother and her husband on Monday between 8 pm and 9 pm. However, no one had responded to the calls. 
Hudkeshwar police have registered a case of accidental death. Further investigation is on. 

Man duped of Rs 60,000 after exchanging debit card at ATM kiosk 

A 44-year-old man was allegedly duped of Rs 60,000 by an unidentified man in Kapil Nagar after he swapped his ATM card with a replica and withdrew the amount. 
According to the police, Vinod Anilrao Narnaware, a resident of Sanyal Nagar slums, Nari Road, Teka Naka, had gone to ATM kiosk of State Bank of India (SBI) to withdraw the money on September 9 at 11 am. As Vinod entered the kiosk, a man stood right next to him inside the kiosk on pretext of helping him. Vinod had withdrawn Rs 10,000 in the first attempt but he was not able to withdraw the cash in the second attempt. The man took his ATM card himself on pretext of helping him in and gave it another try without any success. A police officer said that once the victim reached home, he realised that his ATM card was exchanged with a replica. However, the accused had managed to withdraw Rs 60,000 from the account. The police have registered the case under Section 420 of Indian Penal Code. 

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