Overview

• On August 16, Nagpur Rural Police fed four hours of footage from three toll plazas into MARVEL’s dual computer-vision algorithms and generated an alert within 12–15 minutes
• Investigators traced the suspect vehicle to a red Tata truck (UP-14/MT 2190) matching the lone eyewitness clue of red markings and impounded it from Farrukhabad
• Driver Satyapal Rajendra, 28, was arrested about 700 km from the crash site on the Gwalior–Kanpur highway and booked under Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita sections for rash driving and relevant Motor Vehicles Act provisions
• The probe highlights Maharashtra’s institutionalization of MARVEL, the state AI platform created with IIM Nagpur and Pinaca Technologies to accelerate criminal investigations
• The case was propelled by a viral video showing Amit Bhura Yadav carrying his wife’s body tied to his motorcycle after she was fatally run over, raising concerns over highway safety and bystander response