Hyderabad, July 19 -- In a major operation led by the Adilabad district police, a total of 109 lost and stolen mobile phones, valued at approximately Rs 16 lakh, were successfully recovered and handed back to their rightful owners.

The recovery was carried out over a span of 20 days by a specially constituted police team.

According to District Superintendent of Police (SP) Akhil Mahajan, IPS, the effort is part of an ongoing initiative to help citizens, particularly those from middle-class and economically weaker backgrounds, retrieve mobile phones that were either lost or stolen, a press release informed.

"In today's world, where mobile phones are essential for day-to-day tasks from financial transactions to storing personal informati...