The Chittoor police recovered 500 high-end mobile phones worth over ₹1 crore and handed them over to owners.
Addressing a presser here on Saturday, Superintendent of police (SP) Y. Rishant Reddy said the recovery set a record as regards action plan and speed of execution. “We recovered a majority of the mobile phones within four hours of receiving a complaint,” he said, adding that the recovery was made from many districts in Andhra Pradesh and other States and UTs, including Jammu and Kashmir, Rajasthan, New Delhi, Kerala, Bihar and West Bengal.
Mr. Rishant Reddy said that the victims lodged complaints from other districts and States and that the services of chatbot made the recovery easier.