Ludhiana: Police commissioner Rakesh Agrawal, on Wednesday, launched a mobile application, PP-VFS, to facilitate people find their lost / stolen vehicles.
Police said the app has been designed to address several issues. “Sometimes, a stolen vehicle is recovered from the jurisdiction of some other police station or another district. The complainants find it difficult to know the status unless police contact them. And at times, the number plates are removed or changed and vehicles are sold multiple times, making it tough for police to trace the actual owner. A large number of vehicles are lying at police stations for want of identification of the owners. Data of about 1,500 such vehicles has been entered in this app,” said police.
The app will help people find out whether their stolen vehicle has been recovered by any of the police stations. “PP-VFS stands for Punjab police vehicle finder system. People can search their vehicle through registration, engine or chassis number. There is an advanced search system in the app that enables search by vehicle make, model and colour, too,” they added.
Ludhiana police said the app could be downloaded for Android phones from Google Play Store. The link for it is https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=punjabpolice.saanjh.com.vehicle.