New Delhi, April 17 -- Punjab is moving towards data-driven policing with a new artificial intelligence (AI) initiative aimed at strengthening its crackdown on organised crime. The state government has partnered with Indian Institute of Technology Ropar to build advanced analytics systems that can map and track criminal networks more efficiently.

The project is designed to support ongoing enforcement drives such as 'Gangstran Te Vaar' by enabling real-time intelligence gathering and analysis. At its core is the creation of a unified database that integrates both structured and unstructured police records-ranging from digital entries to handwritten reports and scanned documents.

By converting fragmented data into a single structured syst...