AI helps crack Shalimar Bagh RWA murder

Accused continuously changed hideouts and used Zangi app for encrypted communication to avoid surveillance

- EXPRESS NEWS SERVICE @New Delhi

THE Delhi Police has used artificial intelligence tools to enhance blurred CCTV footage to solve the murder of a woman in the Shalimar Bagh, leading to the identification and arrest of three men, officials said.

In an attempt to evade arrest, the accused were continuously changing their hideouts and using the Zangi app to communicate with each other. They were also frequently changing their mobile phone numbers, police said. The accused have been identified as Nikhil and Sumit, residents of Haryana, and Bharat Yadav, a resident of Delhi. Bharat had already been declared a proclaimed offender in an earlier murder case of Bijender Yadav, who was the husband of the deceased, Rachna Yadav, police said.