Overview

• Balanagar Division police in Hyderabad used the CEIR portal to recover 69 stolen or lost phones worth Rs 15.2 lakh across four police station limits
• Kannur City Cyber Cell traced and returned 33 handsets lost between 2023 and 2025 from Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh, Delhi and Karnataka
• Recovered devices were handed back to owners at organized events to demonstrate the portal’s cross-jurisdiction coordination
• ACP Naresh Reddy and Kannur District Police Chief P. Nidhinraj urged people to file FIRs and block IMEIs on the CEIR portal immediately after a loss
• Authorities advised second-hand buyers to verify phone authenticity via the Sancharasaathi portal’s ‘Know Genuineness of Your Mobile Handset’ feature