Police hand over ₹1.5 crore worth recovered mobiles to owners

The Annamayya territory constabulary handed implicit recovered spot worthy ₹1.5 crore including 610 mobile phones, 1 laptop, and 1 tablet to the rightful owners during the eighth signifier of “Mobile Recovery Mela” organised astatine the District Police Office present connected Friday (September 26, 2025).

Addressing the media, Superintendent of Police Dheeraj Kunubilli said that the recoveries were made betwixt July and September by peculiar parties of the Cyber Crime and Social Media wing, the Technical Analysis unit, and the Mobile Recovery team. “The constabulary person returned a grounds fig of 2,237 devices worthy astir ₹4.6 crore to their owners truthful far,” the SP said.

Mr. Dheeraj said that Rayachoti municipality reported the highest fig of mislaid phones astatine 119 during the period, followed by Madanapalle (116), Pullampet (92), and Railway Kodur (67). “Several of the mislaid devices were traced to different districts and States, including Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Telangana, Maharashtra, Bihar, Kerala, and Uttar Pradesh.

The SP urged the nationalist to lodge complaints instantly done LMTS WhatsApp (8688830012) oregon the CEIR portal, and warned against purchasing mobiles oregon integer devices specified arsenic tablets and laptops without bills oregon impervious of ownership. He further informed the victims to instantly artifact their SIMs, disable banking apps, and alert constabulary without delay.