Madikeri: Following an emotional attraction by a nine-year-old woman to assist monitor her deceased mom’s cell phone, Kodagu Police has put her quantity in addition to IMEI (International Mobile Equipment Identity) quantity on a tracker.
This got here as an emotional message on social media by the woman Hrithiksha, who misplaced her mom – a day by day wage employee in Kushalnagar – to Covid-19 earlier on May 16, went viral on Sunday.
Stating that the cellular has a variety of recollections of her mom, the nine-year-old appealed to the folks, who might need taken her mom’s cellular on the Covid hospital in Madikeri to offer it again.
Madikeri Deputy Superintendent of Police B. P. Dinesh Kumar stated the quantity was placed on a tracker quickly after they noticed the message however this quantity stays switched off as of now.
“We had hopes that she might find her phone in the Covid hospital. There are around 10 phones which have remained ‘unclaimed’ but unfortunately, she couldn’t find her phone,” IANS quoted the police official as saying.
The Deputy Superintendent of Police additional stated the telephone’s final location (earlier than it was switched off) inside a ten km radius of the hospital is a transparent indication that the cellular was stolen.
“We have tracked the last location, our search is on, we will find this phone soon. The thief may change the SIM card and may keep it dormant for some time. We are very close to solving this case,” Kumar stated.
“The phone was switched off when the girl and her family members tried calling the deceased (Prabha) on Saturday (May 15) and the next day the family was told that Prabha had succumbed to the deadly virus,” he added.
Hrithiksha’s mom fell sick two weeks in the past and was hospitalised in Madikeri after testing optimistic for Covid-19.
Meanwhile, a workforce of volunteers from the Indian Youth Congress (IYC) workplace met the household at hand over a brand new telephone to the woman, who’s a scholar of Class 4 in Kushalnagar.
“Since an FIR is also registered in this case, we’ve also requested police authorities to catch the thieves quickly,” IYC nationwide president Srinivas B. V. tweeted.
