78 lost mobile phones recovered

Amritsar, August 30

The city police commissionerate today handed 78 mobile phones which were lost, stolen or snatched to their original owners. The cellphones were traced and recovered not only from different districts of Punjab, but also from other states including Jammu and Kashmir, Bihar and Rajasthan, besides Dubai.

Police Commissioner (CP) Ranjit Singh Dhillon and Additional Deputy Commissioner of Police (ADCP) Harkamal Kaur said the mobile phones were recovered by the cybercrime police station during the last two months.

The CP and the ADCP urged people to immediately report to the Saanjh Kendra or file complaint on the Central Equipment Identity Register (CEIR) portal if they lost their mobile phone.

They said, “The CEIR is a dedicated centralised system that manages and tracks mobile devices using their international mobile equipment identity (IMEI) numbers.” This is for the first time after the establishment of the cybercrime police station in the city that cops undertook the exercise for returning lost or stolen mobile phones to original owners.

“Residents should register their missing cellphone complaints at the CEIR portal in order to ensure that no miscreant could misuse the device,” said Dhillon. He also urged people, who found any mobile phone, to deposit it at the nearest police station so that it could be returned to its owner. He also warned people to remain alert while using different applications or websites for digital transactions as they could lose their hard earned money to fraudsters.