Man carries wife’s body on bike: AI helps Nagpur police trace truck involved in fatal accident

Yadav, a resident of Lonara at Gumti in Nagpur district, in the Morfata Dargah area on August 10. A video of Amit carrying his wife’s body on his motorcycle after the accident was widely shared on social media platforms.

Written by Ankita Deshkar
Nagpur | August 17, 2025 21:01 IST

“We used AI algorithms developed at MARVEL to analyse four hours of footage from three toll nakas," Harssh A Poddar said.

In a breakthrough, the Deolapar police in Maharashtra’s Nagpur district have successfully used artificial intelligence-based analysis to identify the vehicle involved in a fatal accident after which the victim’s body was carried on a motorcycle by her husband.

Gyarasi Amit Yadav, 30, died when an unidentified vehicle hit the motorcycle she was riding pillion on with her husband Amit Bhura Yadav, a resident of Lonara at Gumti in Nagpur district, in the Morfata Dargah area on August 10. A video of Amit carrying his wife’s body on his motorcycle after the accident was widely shared on social media platforms.

Based on Amit’s complaint, the police registered a case on August 11 on charges of rash driving and causing death by negligence under Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita sections 281 () and 106(1) along with Motor Vehicles Act sections 184 and 134(b).

With no initial leads on the accused or the vehicle, investigators turned to the AI-powered system MARVEL (Maharashtra Research and Vigilance for Enhanced Law Enforcement) under the guidance of Harssh A Poddar, Superintendent of Police, Nagpur Rural, the police said. The system analysed CCTV footage and traced the vehicle involved—a red Tata truck (UP 14 MT 2190).

“We used AI algorithms developed at MARVEL to analyse four hours of footage from three toll nakas. The first algorithm sieved out all the red trucks and the second algorithm did a speed-based calculation of these trucks to identify which truck could be involved. On the basis of the AI alert generated, we arrested the accused yesterday from 700 km away near Kanpur,” Harssh A Poddar told The Indian Express.

On August 16, police teams tracked down and arrested the driver of the truck, Satyapal Rajendra, 28, a resident of Nagla Kharik village in Mahoi in Farrukhabad, Uttar Pradesh. They also seized the truck.

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