Bhubaneswar: The Bhubaneswar-Cuttack Commissionerate Police returned stolen mobile phones to their owners at a special event called ‘Mobile Handover Mela’ held at Commissionerate Police headquarters on Thursday.
Most of the phones were reportedly stolen during festive period between Rath Yatra and Durga Puja. Police traced missing devices using mobile tracking technology and recovered them across multiple jurisdictions.
Saheed Nagar police recovered highest 50 phones, followed by Mancheswar with 20 phones and Badagada with 12 phones. Dhauli, Lingaraj, Bharatpur and Capital police stations recovered 10 phones each, while Infocity recovered nine phones.
Khandagiri, Chandrasekharpur, Nayapalli, Jatni and Pahal police stations recovered five phones each.
