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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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Rural police enforce helmet rule after 466 road mishaps deaths last year

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ALARMED by the big number of deaths in road accidents in 2021 in rural region of the district, Nagpur Rural Police are leaving no stone unturned to mitigate the fatality rate. Making safety measures stringent for two-wheeler riders in the district, the Nagpur Rural Police have made it mandatory for riders to wear helmets.
Police action against helmet-less riders is in full swing in the rural areas this year. As against 843 riders getting fined for not wearing helmet in entire 2021, the police have fined 900 riders in just two months of 2022.
It may be mentioned here that 466 persons were killed in road accidents reported in Nagpur district last year. Of them, 176 deceased persons (37.78 per cent) were two-wheeler riders; 85 were pedestrians (18 per cent) and 110 were car or taxi drivers/occupants (23 per cent). A large number of victims were not wearing helmet during the time of mishap, police said.
Police Inspector (Traffic) Vijay Mahulkar said that road accidents could be prevented with enforcement of rules and awareness about traffic rules among citizens.
The traffic branch along with special teams of local police stations are conducting special drives in their jurisdictions. As against 13,311 car drivers challaned for not wearing seat-belt last year, the police have fined 6,587 persons for the same in just two months of this year. Similarly, as many as 1,735 vehicles were fined this year for excess passengers, he said.
Informing about the awareness campaign, Mahulkar said that the cops were conducting seminars in schools to make 2.75 lakh school students of standard VIII to XII aware about traffic rules and regulations. “The police are also visiting companies and urging the company managers to make it mandatory for labourers to wear helmets and seat-belts,” he further added.
Nagpur Rural SP Vijay Magar
SUPERINTENDENT of Police (SP) Vijay Magar said that most of the two-wheeler riders were found not wearing helmets in the district. “This is a dangerous trend as maximum road fatalities occur due to severe head injuries. The rural police will not tolerate anyone riding bikes without helmet,” he warned.





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