Maligaon, March 19: The Railway Protection Force (RPF) of Northeast Frontier Railway conducted raid and search at different locations over N. F. Railway during last few days to check illegal sale of railway tickets.
During this raid conducted between11th to 18th March, 2022, 344 railway tickets worth more than Rs. 3.44 lakh were recovered. RPF of N. F. Railway also apprehended 23 persons during this period, for illegal involvement in procuring and supplying of railway tickets and prosecuted them under section 143 of the Railways Act.
In an incident on 18th March, 2022 RPF team of Agartala conducted drive against illegal business of railway e-ticketing at a shop named ‘Ramthakur Enterprise’, located at Jogendranagar of West Tripura (Tripura).
During the raid & search, they apprehended the shop owner and recovered 10 past railway e-tickets, worth about Rs. 7 thousand, which were generated by using personal user ID.
In this regard, Inspector of Protection Force, Agartala registered a case under section 143 of Railways Act. On that day, a decoy check was conducted at the shop of “ss & ms digital photo studio” situated at Damcherra, North Tripura by the special RPF team of Dharmanagar and obtained one railway e-ticket.
An extra charge was taken by one who generated the ticket at the shop. Accordingly, a raid was conducted at the said shop with the assistance of local police and the person was apprehended.
A total 14 railway e-tickets worth about Rs. 59,696/- which were generated by using personal user IDs were recovered. In this regard, Inspector of Protection Force, Dharmanagar registered a case under section 143 of Railways Act.
In another incident on 17th March, 2022, RPF team of Badarpur conducted raid and search against touting activities in a shop namely “Riya Varieties & Travels” located near New Karimganj station and recovered 30 used railway e- tickets, valued more than Rs. 30 thousand.
The owner of the shop was apprehended and prosecuted under section 143 of Railways Act. On same day, RPF team of Silchar, with the assistance of local police conducted raid and search against touting activities in a shop namely “J. S. Tele Point” located at Algapur market, Silchar and recovered 05 used railway e- tickets, valued about Rs. 1892/-. One person was apprehended in this regard and prosecuted under section 143 of Railways Act.
Again on that day, RPF team of Dimapur conducted checking against illegal business of railway e-ticketing at a shop namely, “Smart Hub” located at Lahorijan area in Karbi Anglong (Assam) and recovered 04 used railway e-tickets, valued Rs. 650/-. In this connection, a person was apprehended and a case was registered under section 143 of Railways Act.
Moreover, RPF of N. F. Railway while conducting raid and search at different shops/agencies at different locations over N. F. Railway during 11th to 16th March, 2022 apprehended 18 touts and recovered 281 railway e-tickets worth over Rs. 2.44 lakhs.
RPF of N. F. Railway keeps a close vigil on touting activities to prevent illegal selling of Railway Tickets. Unauthorized procurement and supply of railway tickets is a punishable offence under section 143 of the Railways Act. Passengers are requested to purchase journey tickets from railway/IRCTC authorised agents or PRS/UTS counters only to avoid any problem during journey.
