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AI Joins the Force: Maharashtra Police Deploys ‘Crime-OS’ for Smarter Investigations

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...

Maha police registers 27,432 offences for violating lockdown

The Maharashtra Police, till Wednesday evening, registered 27,432 First Investigation Reports (FIRs) against thousands of people for violating the lockdown orders. Of them, 4,535 offences were registered in the Vidarbha region including massive 1,999 in Nagpur Police Commissionerate alone. 

Law and Order (L&O) Department of State police issued the statistics on Wednesday evening. Besides registering massive number of offences for violation of lockdown, the police have booked 438 persons for violating quarantine measures. Shockingly, a total of 60 policemen were attacked across the state while performing duty and 161 persons were arrested for the offences. Two policemen were infected in the State while saving the citizens from coronavirus infection and they are placed under quarantine. 

Similarly, the police have registered 977 offences for illegal transportation of various goods including liquor. A total of 1,886 persons were arrested and massive 12,420 vehicles were seized by the police. The police have imposed fine of Rs 95.56 lakh against the violators during the lockdown period. 
The entire police force is on the streets to manage the smooth flow of essential services across the State. As the State government ordered sealing of borders of districts and state, a large number of policemen deployed at entry points all cities. This nakabandi resulted into prohibiting vehicles from plying unnecessarily. 
In Vidarbha, Nagpur police have registered maximum 1,999 offences, followed by 637 offence by Buldhana police, 417 by Washim police, 407 by Amravati City Commissionerate, 308 by Yavatmal police, 154 by Amravati Rural, 131 by Bhandara police, 112 Gondia police, 104 by Wardha police, 95 by Chandrapur police, 69 by Gadchiroli police, 62 by Nagpur Rural and 40 by Akola police. 

Nagpur police tops chart of receiving 
phone calls regarding COVID-19

The Nagpur City Police topped the chart in the state for receiving phone calls at Control Room. In Maharashtra, a total of 58,009 phone calls were received till Wednesday. Of them, massive 17,668 phone calls were received at Nagpur Police Control Room followed by 14,698 at Mumbai Police, 6,885 by Pune police and so on.

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