On Wednesday, lost Cell Phone Unit of Crime Branch, Bhopal returned 251 mobile phones tracked in past three months at the police control room of the city in the presence of senior police officials.
lost cell phone unit handed over 251 mobile phones to the owners at crime branch Bhopal on Wednesday; mobile owners who have lost hopes of getting back their mobile phones were happy after getting their mobiles phones back. With the aim of searching lost mobile phones a dedicated and specialized unit lost Cell Phone Unit was established in the state capital in the year 2013. The unit was formed at Crime Branch Bhopal in MP Nagar.
ASP (crime branch) Rashmi Mishra praised the staff for tracing lost cell phones. She said that number of complaints has been increased but the content and happiness a complainant feels after receiving the lost mobile phones makes the work satisfying.
Complainants who lodge complaint with the lost cell phone unit were contacted and after validation their mobile phones were handed over to the owners.
On the receipt of the complaint the investigation is done in the same manner in which a case is investigated which is quiet difficult and consumes equal resources in the search process, she added.
The challenge is to bring cell phones which are traced at far flung places and outside the state.
Till date 5,000 lost mobile handsets have been returned while cases of lost mobile handsets registered with the unit are 21,000. The tracking of remaining lost mobile phones is under process.