File lost articles complaint online

Losers of mobile phone, laptop, tab, credit or debit card need not visit the local police station to lodge a complaint but can now lodge a complaint online and obtain a digital receipt on your email in 3 days.

Hyderabad police commissioner M Mahender Reddy said that citizens can secure the digitally-signed 'report of lost article' for 27 items, including debit and credit cards, mark sheets, transfer certificates, driving licenses, vehicle registration certificates, vehicle insurance documents, SIM cards, cell phones, computers (including laptops and tablets), Aadhaar cards, voter IDs, bank passbooks, bank cheque books, bond certificates, cameras, ID cards of government, private organizations, schools, colleges and universities, PAN cards, postal passbooks and vehicle fitness certificates by downloading the app on Android, iOS mobiles and registering themselves using Aadhaar number.

The digitally-signed 'report of lost article', emailed would contain details of the lost article along with the complainant's photo and residential address. In case of false report the complainant can be charged under relevant sections of law, Mr Mahender Reddy warned.