Railway police recover 120 lost mobile phones worth ₹25 lakh in Andhra Pradesh

In a joint operation, Government Railway Police (GRP) and Railway Protection Force (RPF) recovered 120 lost mobile phones worth around ₹25 lakh.

The phones were stolen or missing from Eluru, Gudivada, Machilipatnam and Vijayawada railway stations in the last three years, said Deputy Superintendent of Railway Police (DSRP) R.G. Jaya Surya.

Displaying the recovered mobile phones before the media on Thursday, Inspectors of Railway Police J.V. Ramana and M.V. Durga Rao said that the lost phones had been traced by using advanced technology by the IT core team.

RPF inspectors Fateh Ali Baig and K. Madhusudhan Rao appealed to the passengers not to keep mobile phones near windows, leave them unattended while charging during night hours and lock the phones.