The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) presented Central Equipment Identity Register (CEIR) Awards to the police units of Palnadu, NTR and Eluru districts for securing the top three positions in recovering missing or lost mobile phones.

DoT Deputy Director General (DDG) Hemant Rathwe (Security), and Director General of Police (DGP) Harish Kumar Gupta presented the awards to Palnadu district Superintendent of Police (SP) B. Krishna Rao, NTR Police Commissioner S.V. Rajasekhar Babu and Eluru district SP K. Pratap Shiva Kishore at Mangalagiri on Saturday.