IIT-K, UP Police launch AI bot for instant access to info on theft, crime guidelines
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This innovative system enables officers and public to instantly retrieve details from over 1,000 circulars using natural language queries.
Users can access the software at https://rag.agrapolice.in. If one wants to see the circulars related to elections or their brief description, they need to put the election prompt in the search bot. A page displaying the summary of the elections will be available. The summary includes different circulars and guidelines issued by UP Police during elections.
The collaboration, said Shubham Sahay, faculty at IITK's electrical engineering department, transformed a concept into a deployed solution that strengthens public safety and digital governance. "The idea was to help officers and the public get the relevant information that is stacked all over quickly. Students at the Science and Technology (S&T) Council digitised all Hindi circulars/notices using the optical character recognition (OCR) technique that brought 1,000 circulars related to governance, theft, crime at one place," Sahay said.
Institute secretary, S&T Council, IIT-K, Om Shrivastava, said: "We got a chance to collaborate with UP Police to build something that could make policing smarter and more citizen-friendly. What started as an idea to cut short the time spent on searching documents has now become an example of how technology can serve those who serve us, under pressure, with limited resources and with immense responsibility."
Providing assistance and guidance in developing the RAGBOT, ASP, Aligarh, Mayank Pathak explained that the circulars compiled together are those giving out instructions to subordinate officers and to the public in terms of law and order and investigation issues.
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"For instance, someone who wants to know steps taken in investigating a vehicle theft case or others seeking information on how a passport is verified by the police can seamlessly get details by using this RAGBOT," said Pathak, an IIT-K alumnus.
"In both cases, the AI bot will list steps taken to make the process more transparent and also make the public more aware of the processes involved in different cases," added Pathak, an IIT-K alumnus.
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