Nandyal police hand over 549 recovered mobile phones to owners
Nandyal police in Andhra Pradesh returned 549 recovered mobile phones to their rightful owners during a recovery mela. The police have recovered over 4,000 devices to date and are encouraging citizens to use official portals to report lost property.
Why it matters
This highlights effective community policing and the use of digital infrastructure to combat mobile phone theft and loss.
Nandyal police handed over 549 recovered mobile phones worth nearly ₹1.06 crore to their owners as part of the sixth mobile recovery mela at the district police office on Saturday.
Handing over the mobile phones which were either stolen or lost, Superintendent of Police (SP) Suneel Sheoran said that 4,189 mobile phones worth ₹7.95 crore had been recovered so far by the police. The SP mentioned that the phones were traced from various States including Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Goa, and Telangana, as well as from districts within Andhra Pradesh such as Visakhapatnam, East Godavari, Nellore, Guntur, Kurnool, Kadapa, and Anantapur.
He said that mobile phones had become an integral part of people’s lives and that they use them frequently to share family, business, and professional information. He advised everyone to handle their phones with care, as they contain sensitive personal information and banking data.
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