27/07/2025
π Case Study: Investigate AI β Crime Data Intelligence from Bangladeshi News Portals
π§ Vision
To build a smart, AI-powered crime investigation and analytics toolβInvestigate AIβthat learns from real-time Bangladeshi news sources and extracts structured data from unstructured articles, focusing on murder, r**e, and killing incidents. The platformβs goal is to identify high-crime zones and provide insights for both law enforcement and civilians for awareness, planning, and safer movement across the country.
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π οΈ Problem Statement
Bangladesh publishes thousands of news stories daily across various online portals, yet no centralized system intelligently gathers and analyzes crime data to detect spatial patterns or crime hotspots. Valuable insights remain buried within unstructured text.
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π― Objectives
1. Automatically scr**e Bangladeshi news portals for crime-related articles.
2. Use Natural Language Processing (NLP) and OCR (when needed) to extract key fields:
o Title, Date, Author
o Summary, Crime Type (e.g., Murder, R**e)
o Location, Coordinates
o Source, Sentiment, Tags
3. Visualize the most affected zones using heatmaps and analytics dashboards.
4. Assist authorities in resource planning and crime prevention.
5. Provide the public with tools to travel safely by being informed.
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π₯ Sample Extracted Data (from The Daily Star)
Title Crime Type Location Coordinates Tags
Man killed in broad daylight in Rayer Bazar Murder Dhaka Unknown Hospital, critically injured
1 killed, 24 houses torched after clash in Pabna Murder Pabna Unknown Bribe, clash
3 arrested over r**e of woman in Tangail R**e Chattogram 22.333778, 91.834438 Police Station, Tanvir Ahmed
Three held over r**e of eighth grader in Ashulia R**e Ashulia 23.896898, 90.328597 Sound System Shop, Sameer Das
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π Heatmap Use Case
Using geolocation data and frequency clustering, Investigate AI can produce dynamic crime heatmaps indicating:
β’ R**e hotspots (e.g., Ashulia, Chattogram, Tangail)
β’ Murder-prone zones (e.g., Rayer Bazar, Pabna)
β’ Temporal analysis (e.g., peak months/days for crimes)
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π¨ Impact
β’ Law Enforcement: Improved zone-based deployment, investigation prioritization.
β’ Citizens: Public awareness to avoid unsafe areas during specific times.
β’ Journalists & Researchers: Dataset to conduct social or policy research.
β’ Government: Evidence-based policymaking in crime-prone localities.
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π€ Want to Know More?
If you are interested in partnering, learning more, or supporting Investigate AI, feel free to reach out:
Contact: Mahmudul Hasan Sarker
Mobile: 01521334710
Email: [email protected]