A pathetic story indeed. Here in Bangalore too, when a friend of mine (who is not a journalist) lost his mobile phone, he needed a journalist's recommendation to register the FIR! So your assessment seems right. Technology is unlikely to change the lackadaisical attitude of our system.
Subramani -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Vikas Kapoor Sent: Tuesday, June 24, 2008 11:29 PM To: Access India Subject: [AI] mobile phone stolen. Folks, yesterday only, while travelling in a busy blueline bus here in Delhi, I lost my Nokia 6681 mobile phone instrument. It was stolen from the front pocket of my laptop bag. Now my purpose to disclose the same here on this list is only to justify what I had been maintaining about those mails which, from time to time keep flooding our mailboxes, that is, what we should do when our cell phone is lost. Let me tell you emphatically that, be it your service provider or Nokia itself, nobody seems to have any concern about your stolen phone. Even you would be surprised to know that when I had gone to the nearest police station in order to launch the FIR, first of all, they printed the IMEI number of my phone wrong on the FIR sheet, this is notwithstanding the fact that I gave the original bill to the lady who was writing my FIR report. When I noticed this after coming back, I again went to the same police station to get it rectified. They certainly confessed their mistake and corrected the same in the copy that I was having, but they were not at all concerned with rectifying the same in their record. IF the attitude of the policemen is so reluctant and apathetic, I'm afraid what action they'll take on their part! So no matter if one claims that we should always keep our phone IMEI number safe in case the phone is lost, I'll tell you nothing is going to come out at least here in India! Be it the lack of technological expertise or the lack of will power, it is quite impossible to get it back or to make it blocked as most of the mails would claim! Vikas Kapoor, MSN Id:[EMAIL PROTECTED], Yahoo&Skype Id: dl_vikas, Mobile: (+91) 9891098137. To unsubscribe send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the subject unsubscribe. To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please visit the list home page at http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.i n To unsubscribe send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the subject unsubscribe. To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please visit the list home page at http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in
