Dial *#06# on your cell phone to know your IMEI. This is a directive from the Indian government and a public service message from me. You’re safe if you get a 16 or 18 digit no when you do this, but if you get a 0 get in touch with your operator asap. People who buy their phones from the grey market or without papers very frequently won’t have this no. and if you do not, you are liable to be entangled in a legal mess because your phone could have been used in a terrorist attack or activity in the past. Such phones are difficult to track and the government is making a major security move to track down and make them illegal.
Go on, check your phones.
PS: You can also use this no to call the operator and bar your phone if you happen to have it stolen as my phone was a few months back. Only, I did not have the no then. So the bugger who steals your phone can’t use it, or resell it.
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