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...
IN A quick action following communal riots in Amravati, the Maharashtra Police headquarters deputed its four experienced Additional Director General (ADG) rank officials in sensitive police ranges and cities across the State to maintain communal harmony. The police ranges are usually headed by Inspector General of Police (IGP) rank official. The ADG rank is one step above the rank of IGP. A top police official said that the decision was taken by the Director General of Police (DGP) Sanjay Pandey after a brief interaction with top-ranked police officials and Home Minister Dilip Walse Patil. The officials believed that the ADG rank officials would use their expertise of policing in maintaining communal harmony in the sensitive areas, sources said. ADG (Law and Order) Maharashtra Rajinder Singh arrived in Nagpur at 3 pm on Saturday and proceeded to riot-hit Amravati by road in the evening. He will camp there to maintain law and order. Amravati police range covers Amravati, Akola, Buldana,...