CEIR portal helps Bengaluru cops block 16,219 SIMs

BENGALURU: With the IT City recording the highest number of cybercrime cases, Bengaluru City Police are now using the Central Equipment Identity Register (CEIR) portal to block SIM cards and track mobile phones used in fraudulent activities.

In all, 16,219 SIM cards and 15,000 mobile phones have been blocked in the past 10 months.

The CEIR portal is a service module offered by the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) to trace lost or stolen phones. Using this portal, users can immediately block their lost mobile phones by providing their IMEI numbers. The portal also helps in tracing those using the blocked phones.