An accused who was allegedly involved in snatching a mobile phone from a woman in Margao was reportedly traced by the police and is being held at the Maina Curtorim police lock-up.
It is understood that the police have also managed to recover from the possession of the alleged accused three mobile phones. It is learnt that in the failed kidnapping case of a businessman at Thivim the call demanding a ransom of one crore was made from a stolen mobile phone from Old Goa police jurisdiction.
It is believed that the Old Goa police station had reportedly not registered the case of the theft of the mobile phone otherwise the kidnapping case would have been cracked on the day of the offence itself.
It is very important to immediately report a missing or a theft case of a mobile phone. The police need to register and carry out probe into the missing/ theft case of the mobile otherwise it can have far reaching ramifications.
A stolen mobile can be used by anti-social elements for ulterior motives. If the case of the missing mobile is not registered the owner of the mobile could land in trouble.
When a new SIM card is being used the old SIM card needs to be destroyed or it could be misused for ulterior motives by someone.
