Telangana police stands second in India in mobile phone recovery using CEIR Portal

The State Police has successfully recovered 50,788 mobile devices from April 20 last year, to November 3 this year.

Hyderabad: The Telangana police stood second in the country in terms of recovery of mobile phones using the Central Equipment Identity Register (CEIR) Portal. The State Police has successfully recovered 50,788 mobile devices from April 20 last year, to November 3 this year.

The CEIR Portal developed by the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) to combat mobile theft and counterfeit devices was launched nationally on 17 May, 2023, after an initial pilot in Telangana beginning on 19th April, 2023.

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Shikha Goel, DG CID, who serves as both the State Nodal Officer and Super User for the CEIR portal, said the system is now operational across all 780 police stations in Telangana.

“Effective monitoring has resulted in touching the 50,000 device recoveries mark on 29 October 2024 and 50,788 device recoveries within 557 days, achieving this milestone 172 days faster than Karnataka, which took 729 days to reach the same mark. Telangana currently recovers an average of 91 mobile devices per day, up from 87 per day in July 2024,” she said.

During the monthly crime review meeting, appreciation certificates were handed over to 11 best performing units and 10 best performing Police Stations, based on total number of recoveries and percentage of recoveries made by them. Unit level nodal officers and PS SHOs have received the appreciation letters.

Telangana Police, in coordination with DoT, has integrated the CEIR portal with the TG Police Citizen Portal. Citizens can report lost or stolen devices through the TG Police Citizen Portal at www.tspolice.gov.in or directly at www.ceir.gov.in.