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Visakhapatnam Police: Mobile Recovery Initiative recoups 200 mobile phones worth 40 lakhs

Visakhapatnam Police recover 200 mobile phones worth 40 Lakhs through Mobile Recovery Initiative. The Commissioner of Police, Visakhapatnam City, Ch Srikanth IPS, announced the launch of a CHAT-BOT Web Portal for mobile loss complaints through WhatsApp.

This Mobile Recovery Initiative aims to make it easier for people to report lost mobiles, in the Visakhapatnam City limits without filing an FIR or, visiting the police station. Through this Mobile Recovery Initiative, the Visakhapatnam City Police recovered lost mobile phones worth lakhs.

How to Register

Upon sending a “Hi” to the WhatsApp mobile number +91 9490617916, complainants receive an auto-reply message with a URL link (https://bit.ly/3gx10Gg) to a form that must be filled with mandatory details. The form can be easily accessed by tapping the link or scanning the QR code on the display picture of the WhatsApp number.

The Commissioner and Deputy Commissioner of Police, Crimes, Visakhapatnam City also guided the CCS Teams, in collecting information and analysing technical data to trace the present users of the lost mobiles. Owing to their efforts, the Visakhapatnam Police team was able to recover 200 mobiles via the Mobile Recovery initiative within a short period, from different places in the city and within the State. Even from other states like UP, Delhi, Rajasthan, Kerala, Tamilnadu, Odissa, and Telangana. People in Tirupati, Guntur, West Godavari, East Godavari, Srikakulam, Vizianagaram, and Visakhapatnam districts were identified as lost mobile users. The CCS Police spoke with the theft mobile users and recovered the mobiles from them.

The recovered mobiles were worth around Rs 40 lakhs, and the Deputy Commissioner of Police, Visakhapatnam City handed them over to the complainants directly. The CCS team, led by R. Satyanarayana, CI, CCS, VSP City, included 11 other members who participated in the mobile recovery operation.

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