Haryana Police has recovered 228 stolen or missing mobile phones in a month’s time and handed it back to their original owners. The total worth of these phones is more than Rs 16 lakh
Haryana Additional Director General of Police (Law and Order) Navdeep Singh Virk said that 2,048 mobile phones worth Rs 1.61 crore were also recovered and handed over to their respective owners in 2020.
Acting on such complaints, IT and cyber cell teams traced the location of the mobile and SIM being used with their IMEI number. The recovered handsets in January 2021 also include costly high-end mobile phones. Most of these phones have been lost accidently by the users while some others were stolen as well. Using high-end technology, the police have been working to trace missing cell phones and more such recoveries are expected in coming days, he said. Virk said, “At 46, the Hisar district recorded maximum recovery of handsets followed by 25 in Panchkula, 15 in Palwal. The GRP also managed to trace 25 handsets during the same period.”
Virk also advised the people to immediately approach the nearest police station to report such cases to avoid any kind of misuse of these electronic gadgets.