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Kakinada police hand over 618 recovered mobile phones worth Rs 1.23-Cr

Kakinada, Sep 30 (UNI) Kakinada district police have recovered 618 lost and stolen mobile phones worth more than Rs 1.23 crore and handed them over to their rightful owners at a function held at the District Police Office here on Wednesday.
District Superintendent of Police Bindu Madhav said this was the 13th phase of the mobile phone recovery drive.
The phones were traced through the Central Equipment Identity Register (CEIR) portal under Operation Mobi Track, using IMEI tracking, data analysis, and cyber surveillance techniques.
With the latest recovery, the district police have retrieved a total of 5,227 mobile phones valued at Rs 8.92 crore across 13 phases, the SP said.
He said complaints lodged through the CEIR portal had helped police trace and recover lost or stolen devices more efficiently.
He congratulated the IT Core team and the special mobile recovery team for their efforts.
The SP advised mobile phone users to secure their bank accounts and promptly change passwords for their Google or Apple IDs, banking applications, email, and social media accounts after losing a phone.
He also urged people buying second-hand mobile phones to verify the purchase bill, original box, IMEI details, and the seller's credentials.
Additional SP (Administration) Dr Mahanti Kishore Kumar, DSP (Armed Reserve) V.G. Srihari Rao, IT Core Inspector D. Durgasekhara Reddy, PCR Inspector A. Sanyasirao and DCRB Inspector V. Srinivas were among those present.
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