Nagpur Police trace and return 180 lost mobile phones worth Rs 31.56 lakh to owners

Nagpur Police gave 180 families a special gift during the Diwali days. Some had lost their phones in a market, others while travelling, and hope of getting them back had almost run out.

The technical investigation by Nagpur Police succeeded. A total of 180 mobile phones worth Rs 31,56,500 were recovered and returned to their rightful owners. The joy on people's faces as they got their phones back was a sight to see.

Teams from six police stations under the Deputy Commissioner of Police, Zone 3, carried out the drive. Police at Kotwali, Ganeshpeth, Tehsil, Lakadganj, Panchpaoli and Shantinagar stations took complaints of lost phones seriously and began a technical investigation.

Using the phones' location and other technical information, the lost handsets were traced one by one and then returned to their original owners.

The number of phones traced by each station's team was as follows:

Kotwali police: 14 phones

Ganeshpeth police: 20 phones

Tehsil police: 32 phones

Lakadganj police: 26 phones

Panchpaoli police: 67 phones

Shantinagar police: 21 phones

Together, the six stations traced 180 phones. Panchpaoli police traced the most, 67, and Kotwali police the fewest, 14. Tehsil police traced 32, Lakadganj 26, Shantinagar 21 and Ganeshpeth 20.

Nagpur Police recovered all 180 phones through technical investigation, and their total value is Rs 31,56,500. Some had lost their phones in a market and some while travelling, but the police took the complaints seriously and investigated. As a result, 180 families got their phones back in their hands during Diwali.