Ralven e-ticket scam.
Ralven e-ticket scam.
News2News.in Raipur News:The Railway Protection Force has arrested 48 touts involved in illegal ticket touts and seized e-tickets worth more than Rs 13 lakh.
With the commencement of summer vacations, the rush of passengers in trains has started increasing. Because of this, many people are not able to get confirmed tickets. Those booking Tatkal tickets online through IRCTC website along with Railway Reservation Office are also finding it difficult to get Tatkal tickets. Ticket brokers are taking full advantage of this. Ticket touts are earning extra by selling tickets to passengers by creating fake user IDs in online websites, due to which Railways is suffering losses.
Taking action against ticket touts from time to time under the Railway Act, RPF confiscates tickets worth lakhs of rupees, even after that there is no effect on the touts. On the instructions of the Inspector General cum Principal Chief Security Commissioner, RPF, the RPF team launched a campaign against illegal ticket touts in Bilaspur and Nagpur divisions. In this raids were conducted at seven places in Bilaspur Division, Ambikapur, Champa, Raigarh, Manendragarh, Shahdol, Anuppur, Pendrarod, 10 places in Raipur and 21 places in Nagpur Division, 48 ticket touts were caught, who were selling tickets by creating fake user IDs. Were. Action under the Railway Act by confiscating tickets for future journeys worth Rs 1 lakh 3 thousand 426 from ticket brokers, including tickets worth Rs 11 lakh 97 thousand 370 for old journeys, tickets worth Rs 13 lakh 799, computers, mobiles, laptops and other equipment done.
