Commissionerate Police return stolen phones at Mobile Handover Mela

Bhubaneswar: The Bhubaneswar-Kataka Commissionerate Police returned stolen mobile phones to their owners Tuesday at a special event called ‘Mobile Handover Mela’, held at the Commissionerate Police headquarters Thursday.

Most of the phones were reportedly stolen during the festive period between Rath Yatra and Durga Puja. Police traced the missing devices using mobile tracking technology and recovered them across multiple jurisdictions.

The breakdown of recoveries by police station is as follows:

Saheed Nagar: 50 phones

Mancheswar: 20 phones

Badagada: 12 phones

Dhauli: 10

Lingaraj: 10

Bharatpur: 10

Capital: 10

Infro Valley: 9

Khandagiri: 5

Chandra Sekharpur: 5

Nayapalli: 5

Jatani:5

Pahal: 5