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Yogi Adityanath Leads Two-Day UP Police 'Manthan', Launches Yaksh App for Data-Driven Policing

Officers showcased AI-led beat tools, expanded cyber‑forensics capacity, plus digital workflows to speed citizen‑first policing.

Overview

  • Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath presided over the concluding day and, in a first for a CM, took part in every session with Q&A across the two-day conference in Lucknow.
  • The CM unveiled the Yaksh App, an AI and big data beat-policing tool that maps crimes, offenders and sensitive areas to guide targeted action.
  • Presentations highlighted the Smart SHO Dashboard for faster grievance handling, accountability, and improved traffic and crime monitoring at the station level.
  • Officials detailed system-wide capacity gains, including cyber police stations in all 75 districts, 12 FSL laboratories, a Forensic University, and in-state training for over 60,000 constables.
  • Sessions outlined digitization efforts such as AI-based CCTV in jails, large-scale video testimony, CCTNS 2.0 features including e-FIR, Zero FIR, e-Summon and e-Sakshya, and cyber capability building with I4C.