Maligaon, January 15: The Railway Protection Force (RPF) of Northeast Frontier Railway conducted different checks and drives over the zone and apprehended 04 touts during last month for illegal sale of railway tickets.
In the month of December 2024, RPF of N. F. Railway recovered 45 06-Live and 39-Used railway tickets worth above Rs. 1.15 lacs from multiple locations during the drives. Apprehended touts were prosecuted under the relevant section of the Railways Act.
In a recent incident on 22nd December, 2024, RPF CIB team of Katihar and RPF team of Purnea jointly conducted a raid & search operation at ‘Galib Computers’ located at Puranganj, Bihar.
During the raid the team recovered 20 E-Tickets (01 Live & 19 used) worth around Rs. 47, 928.30 and apprehended one tout in this connection. A case was registered under section 143 of the Railways Act at RPF post Purnea for further course of action.
In another drive on 07th December, 2024, the CIB team of RPF/Lumding along with RPF team of New Haflong apprehended one tout and recovered 01 railway ticket worth around Rs.2530/-. A case was registered under section 143 of the Railways Act at RPF post of New Haflong for further course of action.
RPF of N.F. Railway keeps a close vigil of unauthorized & illegal procurement of railway tickets. N.F. Railway authority would like to request all passengers to undertake their journey with proper tickets only to avoid problems during train travel.
