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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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CP Amitesh Kumar to hold ‘Janta Darbar’ in slums

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CP Amitesh Kumar

Despite stern police action against many anti-social elements, some notorious criminals still continue with illegal activities in the slums of the city. Common people do not dare to approach the police against such elements. Commissioner of Police (CP) Amitesh Kumar has identified such slums in the city and decided to have one-to-one interaction with the residents to get first hand information. The CP has decided to hold ‘Janta Darbar’ at 15-20 slums in upcoming months. The initiative was launched on Saturday by interacting with residents of Lalganj area in East Nagpur on Saturday evening.
CP Amitesh Kumar said that the public interaction will be organised at Rajiv Nagar and Sonegaon Nipani in MIDC Police Station, Lalganj in Shanti Nagar area, Naik Talav in Panchpaoli, Garib Nawaz Nagar Yashodhara, Hasanbagh in Nandanvan, Pandharabodi in Ambazari, Gaddigodam and Goa Colony in Sadar area.
The police observed that some anti-socials are operating illegal liquor and gambling dens and also selling drugs. These illegal activities lead to an increase in crime cases. Common people feared to lodge a complaint against the criminals due to fear. CP Amitesh kumar has decided to boost the confidence of the common people so that they would give a tip-off to the police about illegal activities. Similarly, immediate action will also be taken against anti-socials based on the inputs received from the public during ‘Janta Darbar’.

Crime rate decreases

As per the statistics, crime cases are decreasing in the city in the last three years. The city witnessed a lockdown for several months in 2020. As a result, not many crime cases were registered in the first six months of 2020.
A total of 55 murders were reported from January to July in 2019. During the same period of 2021, the murder cases decreased to 54. As compared to 4,793 crime cases registered in 2019 till July, the city witnessed 4,792 crime cases in the first seven months of 2021.


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