Source: The New Indian Express

The New Indian Express: The article reports that the Gujarat Police have deployed an AI investigative tool called NARIT AI to strengthen NDPS (narcotics) cases, presenting the rollout from Ahmedabad and noting the report date of 10 April 2026. The piece frames NARIT AI as a first-of-its-kind system in India that uses Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG) technology to analyse FIRs, identify procedural loopholes, and reconstruct cases to be courtroom-ready. It outlines the system’s workflow: upload an FIR, receive instant analysis of strengths, weaknesses and legal risks, plus a step-by-step investigation plan, evidence checklists, court-backed guidelines and dos & don’ts.

The report quotes Deputy Chief Minister Harsh Sanghvi emphasising a zero-tolerance policy on narcotics and names senior police leaders (DGP K.L.N. Rao, Surat Police Commissioner Anupam Singh Gehlot, and SP Abhay Soni) as driving the shift from manpower-heavy policing to intelligence-led enforcement. NARIT AI is described as operating on a closed, verified legal database trained on High Court and Supreme Court rulings, the NDPS Act, 1985 and allied criminal laws, along with government circulars and procedures, which the article says reduces hallucination risk and increases procedural accuracy. The tool is also said to predict probable defence arguments and propose rebuttals based on past higher-court judgments, with the overall aim of minimising errors and maximising convictions under the state’s leadership.