Police return 186 stolen and missing mobile phones to owners in Kalyan
Pradeep Gupta | TNN | Sep 27, 2017, 23:03 IST
KALYAN: The Thane police on Wednesday handed over 186 mobile phones to their owners whose mobile phone were either stolen or went missing in last few months from Kalyan and Ulhasnagar zones of the district.
Due to rising cases of mobile theft cases in the region, Prataprao Dighavkar, additional commissioner of police, Central region of Thane police had formed a special anti mobile theft squad a few months back which arrested 19 thieves and recovered 45 stolen mobile phones from their possession and also traced down missing 143 mobile phones totalling worth Rs 20 lakh in last few month.
On Wednesday in a function organised by police, Dighavkar handed recovered mobile phones to their owners in presence of both zones DCP's Kalyan and Ulhasnagar division.
Dr Sanjay Shinde, deputy commissioner of Police from Kalyan zone said, "Generally we have found that those whose mobile got stolen or went missing, they have made perception that their mobile phone would not get returned. The police traced such mobile phones and gave it to its owners to change this perception."
Due to rising cases of mobile theft cases in the region, Prataprao Dighavkar, additional commissioner of police, Central region of Thane police had formed a special anti mobile theft squad a few months back which arrested 19 thieves and recovered 45 stolen mobile phones from their possession and also traced down missing 143 mobile phones totalling worth Rs 20 lakh in last few month.
On Wednesday in a function organised by police, Dighavkar handed recovered mobile phones to their owners in presence of both zones DCP's Kalyan and Ulhasnagar division.
Dr Sanjay Shinde, deputy commissioner of Police from Kalyan zone said, "Generally we have found that those whose mobile got stolen or went missing, they have made perception that their mobile phone would not get returned. The police traced such mobile phones and gave it to its owners to change this perception."
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