Hyderabad, May 20 -- Telangana has emerged as the leading state in India for recovering lost or stolen mobile devices, with an impressive total of 78,114 recoveries recorded up to May 19, according to the Central Equipment Identity Register (CEIR) dashboard.

Top recovery numbers recorded by Hyderabad commissionerate

The Crime Investigation Department (CID) director general, Shikha Goel, on Tuesday, May 20, stated that Telangana has set a new national benchmark in mobile device recovery.

The highest recoveries were reported by the Hyderabad commissionerate with 11,879 devices, followed by Cyberabad commissionerate with 10,385, and Rachakonda commissionerate with 8,681 devices. Goel credited this success to the dedicated efforts of field...