Citing the latest verdict of the
Supreme Court, that asked the police to seek approval of the court before
tapping the phone of any individual, Nepal Police has given a red signal to searching
the lost cell phones. The Police has stopped to register the case of mobile
theft of lost while in the valley, it accepts the case but does nothing to find
out the mobile sets which can be traced with the help of the telecommunication
operators through the IMEI (International Mobile Equipment Identity) number, a
unique numeric name given to each handsets.
Internationally, cell phones are
considered the individual property and duly recognized so by the law of
International Telecommunication Union (ITU). But, doing nothing with an excuse
of the court verdict is serious negligence in the part of the Police. The
security agency seems to have been avoiding the lengthy process of getting
approval from the court but it must exhibit its responsibility to the citizens
by helping in finding their phone sets.
(Published in The Rising Nepal)
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