219 stolen cellphones recovered, handed over to rightful owners

In a special drive launched by the Amritsar police, cops have recovered as many as 219 mobile phones, valued around Rs 48 lakh, during the past three months.

The recovered mobile phones were handed to their rightful owners, after a proper verification, during a special programme here on Monday.

The drive was supervised by Police Commissioner Gurpreet Singh Bhullar. Sharing details, he said, the mobile phones, which were either lost or stolen from various districts of Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Delhi and Punjab were recovered during the special drive.

“Out of the total 219 mobile phones, 65 were traced by the East Division police, led by Assistant Commissioner of Police Dr Sheetal Singh, while 54 mobile phones were recovered by Central Subdivision of the police commissionerate, headed by Assistant Commissioner of Police Jaspal Singh. Similarly, 100 cellphones were seized by the cyber crime cell,” said Bhullar.

He said three police subdivisions compiled a list of stolen or missing mobile phones, the complaints of which were filed by the police. Acting on these complaints, the police utilised technical methods to trace them. Police teams were sent to various locations across various states, including UP, Bihar and Delhi, apart from different parts of Punjab, to retrieve these devices.

“Additionally, there is a centralised portal issued by the Department of Telecommunications called the Central Equipment Identity Register (CEIR), which manages the tracing of lost mobile phones,” he pointed out.

The Police Commissioner appealed to the public to immediately file complaints with the police about their missing mobile phones so that these could not be misused by any mischievous elements.

Meanwhile, the Police Commissioner said the police have recovered as many as 73 stolen motorcycles and scooters, and 16 luxury cars from different areas of the city.