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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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RSS HQ and Airport to be declare as ‘no drone zone’

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In the backdrop of twin drone-driven blasts on the Indian Air Force’s (IAF) technical airport in Jammu and Kashmir on June 27, Nagpur police have geared up to secure vital installations from drone attacks. Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh’s (RSS) Headquarters in Mahal and Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar International Airport in Sonegaon will be declared as no drone zones soon as the police have initiated the process for the same.
RSS headquarters was on the target of the terrorists for a long time. Three terrorists of Lashkar-e-Taiba were gunned down by police personnel when they tried to sneak into the Sangh headquarters on June 1, 2006. Since then, a large number of armed police personnel have been deployed for security of the headquarters. Similarly, the police are also serious about new information that Naxals are using small drones for surveillance of security forces near the Maharashtra-Chhattisgarh borders.  
Sources informed that the Union Home Ministry had sounded an alert to all States and Union Territories to take review of security arrangements of vital installations in the backdrop of the drone-driven blast on IAF’s  airport.  Following the instructions, the city police is taking a review of security arrangements and a detailed report of declaring vital installations as no drone zone is being prepared, sources informed.
The report is likely to get the sanction of the Commissioner of Police in the annual security audit meeting of Vital Installations Security Audit Committee.  The committee consists of members of Intelligence Bureau (IB), Zonal DCP, DCP SB, Police Station in-charge of the concerned area and CP as Chairman of the committee.
It may be mentioned here that Nagpur has 60 vital installations. Of them, 17 are ‘A’ grade vital installations that include RSS headquarters, RBI, Airport, High Court and Military Establishments.
After declaring a particular vital installation as no drone zone, flying of aerial platforms in two kilometres radius over the prohibited vital installations will invite strict legal action, informed sources.  
A police officer informed that the Union Home Minister has recently issued standard operating procedures (SOP) regarding flying drones. The Union government has given powers to local police to book a person under 121 and 121 (A) and other Sections of Indian Penal Code. Similarly, the government has given a job to IAF for immediate reaction to aerial attack.  As per the SOP, flying aerial objects will be destroyed or seized by police if found flying in restricted zones.


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