Tuesday, 03 January 2023 | PNS | Dehradun
The Dehradun police returned 252 smartphones worth over Rs 50 lakh to their respective owners on Monday. These phones were mostly lost or stolen in the past few months. The Dehradun senior superintendent of police Daleep Singh Kunwar said in a Press conference on Monday that these smartphones belong to people of various states like Haryana, Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, and Jharkhand including Uttarakhand.
The SSP handed over 225 mobile phones to their rightful owners. He said that police take cognisance of each complaint and try to recover all stolen or lost mobile phones with regular surveillance by the teams of cyber cell. He also appealed to the people to always report their stolen or lost mobile phones to the police immediately as it increases the chances of their faster recovery. He also appealed to the public to not buy any mobile phone from any unknown person without its valid bill and without any legal ID just because of the mobile’s low price. He said that stolen phones can also be used for carrying out several illegal activities and one should never buy or sell such phones without valid documents. If one finds any abandoned mobile phone, they should deposit it in the police station if the finder fails to locate the owner, added the SSP.
