Hyderabad, Nov. 12 -- The Hyderabad Police on Thursday, November 12, launched "Dooradrishti," an artificial intelligence (AI)-based platform built in-house to help investigating officers profile accused persons and trace their criminal links.

Outgoing Police Commissioner VC Sajjanar inaugurated the system at the Integrated Command and Control Centre here, an official release said.

The name means "far-sight" and the tool is meant to give officers a complete picture of an accused person, including their activities and the networks they belong to. According to the police, this used to take days of manual work spread across several records and databases.

Less desk work, more fieldwork

Because the data is pulled onto a single platform, off...