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More than 1 lakh stolen and mislaid mobile phones person been traced by Karnataka Police, since the motorboat of ‘Block Your Lost/Stolen Mobile Handset’ diagnostic of Department of Telecom’s Sanchar Saathi portal successful September 2022.
In a station connected X, the Karnataka Department of Telecom (DOT) said: “Karnataka LSA DOT is pleased to stock that betterment of lost/ stolen mobile handsets done CEIR module of Sanchar Saathi portal has crossed 1 lakh devices.” This reflected the efforts of citizens, Department of Telecom, Karnataka Police, Centre for Development of Telematics, and Telecom work providers successful strengthening mobile information and reaffirming Telecom Department’s committedness to ensuring harmless and unafraid connection services across the nation, the DOT posted.
As per the authoritative figures made available, of 4.49 lakh stolen/lost mobile phones that were blocked successful Karnataka, utilizing the diagnostic connected sancharsaathi.gov.in portal, 2.51 lakh mobile phones were traced, of which 1,00,062 phones person been recovered by the constabulary truthful far.
In presumption of recovery, Karnataka stands second, portion Telangana ranks archetypal with betterment of 1,00,100 mobile phones.
The mean betterment percent of Karnataka stands astatine 40% of full fig of lost/stolen mobile phones blocked. The Bengaluru metropolis constabulary person recovered 32,000 mobile phones. The Mangaluru constabulary person truthful acold recovered 2,330 phones, portion Dakshina Kannada and Udupi Disrict constabulary units person recovered 673 and 870 stolen/lost mobile phones respectively truthful far.
The Director General and Inspector General of Police M.A. Saleem told The Hindu that reporting of the stolen/lost mobile telephone connected the CEIR module of the portal has helped hint determination of the mobile phone. This has aided the State constabulary successful recovering the lost/stolen mobile phones.
In summation to betterment of mobile phones, the State constabulary is giving peculiar accent connected tracing missing children. With ‘Mane Mane Police’ campaign, efforts were being made by constabulary to scope retired to radical connected their doorsteps, Mr. Saleem said.
In presumption of betterment percentage, the Haveri, Hassan, and Raichur territory constabulary units were ranked among the apical three. The betterment percent of Dakshina Kannada constabulary was astatine 40% and Udupi constabulary astatine 41%. The Mangaluru Police, which has recovered astir of the mobile phones from Dakshina Kannada and Kerala State, had a betterment percent of 32%.
Reporting telephone theft
When a mobile telephone is lost, the idiosyncratic tin supply details astir wherever the telephone was mislaid and interaction details of the mobile proprietor connected the Sanchar Saathi portal oregon app. Under the enactment “Block Lost/Stolen Mobile” link, they person to supply instrumentality information, including mobile number, IMEI number, instrumentality model, and upload the acquisition invoice.
The Sanchar Saathi portal is besides being utilized to study astir suspected fraud communication, and reports connected receiving planetary telephone with Indian number. The portal is besides helping radical to cognize astir mobile registered nether their sanction and astir the genuineness of mobile handset.
