India, Sept. 28 -- The Delhi Police Metro unit on Saturday launched "Mission Reconnect 2.0" - Your Phone's Journey Back Home," an initiative to recover and return stolen or lost mobile phones to their owners, an official statement said. According to statement, since June this year, more than 350 stolen or lost phones valued at more than '50 lakh have been recovered by specialised teams of the Delhi Metro Police Unit.

At the official launch held at the Metro Police office complex in Kashmiri Gate, around 80 complainants received their phones in the presence of senior officers, they added. Mobile thefts account for nearly 87 per cent of crimes reported in the Delhi Metro and are often linked to organised networks that transport devices acros...