265 lost or stolen mobile phones traced, returned to owners in Kalaburagi

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The constabulary  handing implicit    mobile phones to their rightful owners successful  Kalaburagi connected  June 10, 2026.

The constabulary handing implicit mobile phones to their rightful owners successful Kalaburagi connected June 10, 2026. | Photo Credit: ARUN KULKARNI

Kalaburagi constabulary person recovered 265 mislaid and stolen mobile phones worthy astir ₹50 lakh. They were returned to their owners who were traced done the Central Equipment Identity Register (CEIR) portal.

Addressing a property league astatine the District Police Office successful Kalaburagi connected June 10, Superintendent of Police Adduru Srinivasulu said that the devices had been recovered during a peculiar thrust conducted implicit the past 2 months by assorted constabulary sub-divisions with the assistance of the District Cyber Crime Police Station.

According to Mr. Srinivasulu, complaints regarding missing mobile phones were registered connected the CEIR portal by radical from Aland, Rural, Shahabad and Chincholli sub-divisions, arsenic good arsenic the Cyber Crime Police Station limits.

Of the recovered phones, 56 were traced successful the Aland sub-division, 36 successful the Rural sub-division, 88 successful the Shahabad sub-division, 63 successful the Chincholli sub-division, and 22 by the Cyber Crime Police Station. Mr. Srinivasulu said efforts were underway to retrieve the remaining devices linked to complaints registered connected the CEIR portal.

He urged citizens to instantly study the nonaccomplishment oregon theft of mobile phones to the nearest constabulary presumption and registry complaints connected the CEIR portal. Prompt registration enables constabulary to artifact the handset, way its usage, and amended the chances of recovery, helium said.

Additional Superintendent of Police Mahesh Meghannavar was contiguous astatine the event.

Published - June 11, 2026 12:32 p.m. IST

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