Mobile lost in train?-Press news

THE TIMES OF INDIAAllahabad
Now don't worry if your mobile gets stolen in trainALLAHABAD: Here is a piece of good news for the railway passengers.

There is no need to worry if your mobile phone gets lost or stolen in the train. The government railway police (GRP) have asked the passengers travelling between New Delhi and Mughalsarai railway stations to lodge their complaints with the mobile search cell.

The GRP have activated their mobile search teams which are taking the assistance of electronic surveillance to locate the whereabouts of the missing or stolen mobile phones.

The officials on Friday claimed that with over 40% stolen or missing mobile sets have already been recovered. The passengers travelling between New Delhi and Bihar railway stations are happy over this new initiative by the GRP.

In January, two costly mobile sets of a Kanpur resident, Nisha, were stolen when she, along with her family members, was travelling in S-2 coach of a New Delhi-bound train in January this year.

She took no time in lodging her complaint with the GRP and the mobile cell managed to recover her both sets besides arresting the thief.

The GRP registered as many as 39 mobile missing\stolen cases between January and May this year and 40% of them have already been recovered, said DIG, railways, Mukesh Shukla.

He added that the GRP have activated their surveillance units to recover the stolen or lost mobile sets.

He said that passengers too have appreciated the efforts of the GRP as far as recovery of their stolen\missing mobile sets is concerned.

He added that victims should immediately approach the GRP.

He said that the police team can locate the whereabouts of stolen\missing mobile set if it is not switched off.

The complaint of missing\stolen mobile set can be lodged at any GRP police station\outpost or with the mobile teams between New Delhi and Mughalsarai railway stations.