Hyderabad City Police recover 135 stolen mobile phones, return it to owners

However, just as the eventful year was winding to an end, the Hyderabad City Police has given 135 persons a reason to smile

Hyderabad: Already troubled by a tough year, these people had more misery added to their life when they lost their smartphones, along with precious data in them.

However, just as the eventful year was winding to an end, the Hyderabad City Police has given 135 persons a reason to smile. The police successfully tracked their missing/stolen mobile phones and handed it back to them.

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Mohd Azeem, 27, a native of Karimnagar who stays in Langer Houz while working at a shopping mall in the city, had lost his mobile in February. “I had purchased the OnePlus 7T phone for Rs 38,000 in February from my savings. I lost my phone within 20 days on February 27. It was my first smartphone and a dream come true from me. I literally fell into depression after someone stole it. You know the feeling of buying something from precious savings,” said Azeem, who got back his phone on Thursday from AR Srinivas, Joint Commissioner of Police (West).

“A person known to Azeem had stolen it and we successfully tracked it down and seized the phone from him,” the police said.

Another person who had a reason to enter 2021 smiling was Ratan Singh of Gudimalkapur. In the first week of May, Ratan Singh noticed that his mobile phone was missing while walking on the Gudimalkapur road.

“After searching for a few hours, I went to the police station. The most important item in the phone were the pictures of all the special moments of my children which I clicked,” Singh said, adding that the loss added to the misery during the lockdown.

A week ago, Singh received a phone call from the police station informing that his phone had been recovered.

“At first, I did not believe it. Then I went to the police station and met the officials who checked my phone details. After confirming it, I came today and collected it,” he said.

RG Siva Maruthi, ACP (Asifnagar) said the crime teams of Asifnagar and Langer Houz police stations traced the lost mobile phones using available technology, after which 135 such phones were returned to their owners.

Phone snatchers nabbed

Hyderabad: Two notorious phone snatchers, who flicked a mobile phone from a bank manager, were caught by the Langer Houz police within one hour of the offence. The police recovered two mobile phones and a motorcycle from them.

The arrested persons were Mohd Nawaz (23) of Chandrayangutta and Sher Ali (22) of Langer Houz. AR Srinivas, Joint Commissioner of Police (West) said the two had snatched the mobile phone from a woman, who is the branch manager of a nationalised bank in the city and was travelling in an auto-rickshaw on the Langer Houz road. Nawaz and Ali saw that she had her mobile in her hand and on a bike, got near the moving auto and snatched the gadget before fleeing the spot.

“Three teams were formed and the offenders were tracked down within an hour,” Srinivas said, adding that the two had also stolen a bike from Chandrayangutta two days ago and used the same for the offence. The two have earlier been arrested for theft by the Rajendranagar, Mailardevpally, Pahadishareef and Tappachabutra police.

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