Maligaon, Feb 04: The Railway Protection Force (RPF) of Northeast Frontier Railway apprehended two persons in different drives conducted during last two days for illegal selling of railway e-tickets. RPF recovered 19 railway tickets worth more than Rs. 27 thousand during 1st to 2nd February, 2022. Apprehended persons were prosecuted under section 143 of the Railway Act.
In an incident on 2nd February, 2022, information was received regarding touting activities by one shop namely, “Sonu computer shop” located at Barlangfar near Barlangfar railway station, Dist. Karbi Anglong (Assam). CIB team and RPF staff of Lumding with the help of local police and local witness conducted a raid and search in the said shop.
During raid, they recovered 13 railway e-tickets worth Rs. 20,456/- (approx), which were generated by using personal user IDs. The owner of the shop could not give any satisfactory reply regarding the recovered e-tickets and the person was taken into custody. In this regard, a case was registered under section 143 of the Railway Act.
In another incident on 1st February, 2022 RPF team of Samsi jointly with CIB team of Katihar conducted drive at PRS counter of Malahar railway station. During the drive, 06 railway tickets total worth Rs. 6,631/-(approx), which were generated by using personal user IDs were recovered.
As such, all the recovered railway tickets along with 01 mobile phone with 02 SIMs, 01 Aadhar card, 01 ATM card etc. and cash Rs. 320/- were seized and the person was taken into custody. In this regard, a case was registered under section 143 of the Railway Act.
It may be mentioned here that RPF of N. F. Railway detected 121 cases of touting activities and apprehended 134 persons involved in illegal selling of railway e-tickets during 1st January, 2021 to 2nd February, 2022.
