Kathmandu, Feb. 18 -- With the rise in digital technology-driven crimes, the Nepal Police Crime Investigation Department (CID) is set to use Artificial Intelligence-based business intelligence tools for crime control.

Though still in the preliminary phase, AI may significantly enhance the trend analysis of crime to simplify the prediction and investigation processes, officials say.

At a press conference held at the Nepal Police Headquarters in Naxal on Monday, CID officials emphasised the need to use AI to control crime.

Additional Inspector General of Police (AIGP) Kuber Kadayat, also the chief of the department, said AI technology will be used to analyse patterns more precisely and will allow enhanced predictability, enabling efficie...