TIRUPATI: The Nellore police have recovered 500 mobile phones worth Rs 1.25 crore that were stolen or lost across the district under the fifth phase of the ‘Mobile Hunt’ programme.
Superintendent of Police, Dr K. Tirumaleswara Reddy handed over the recovered mobile phones to the rightful owners at the Umesh Chandra conference hall in Nellore city on Friday.
Dr Reddy said that the Cyber Crime Technical Wing of the Nellore district police has been working tirelessly to trace lost or stolen mobile phones. He said that the majority of the cases were tracked down using specialised software.
“So far, around 1,720 mobile phones worth about Rs 4.35 crore have been recovered over 5 phases under the ‘Mobile Hunt’ programme. Additionally, 35 mobile phones worth around Rs 7 lakh were also recovered and handed over to the victims through the CEIR portal introduced by the Union government”, informed Dr Reddy.
Dr Reddy appealed to the people not to purchase mobile phones without proper bills from sellers to discourage theft and illegal trade of stolen devices. He also informed that the technical wing will recover other stolen or missing mobiles within a short period.
He urged people to lodge complaints of their missing and stolen mobile phones through WhatsApp at ‘9154305600’.
