On April 17, 2021, a special cell of the
It’s just one case. In the last two months, Mumbai divisions of Western and Central divisions, CR – seized over 2,200 confirmed
In March 2021, Western Railway’s Mumbai Division registered 35 cases of ticket touting and arrested 39 people, almost 33 per cent more than the cases registered in the same month last year.
“We seized 722 reserved tickets valued at more than Rs 10 lakh in March 2021 and found that 141 fake email addresses were used to create
Similarly, in April this year, 704 confirmed tickets valued at around Rs 12 lakh were seized, and 133 fake email IDs were identified by WR’s Mumbai Central Division.
PC Sinha, the principal chief security commissioner of Western Railway, said, “To protect railway passengers from touts, Western Railway has launched a special drive against unauthorised ticket booking agents in all its divisions.”
In the last two months, CR’s Mumbai Division also seized around 800 confirmed railway tickets valued at over Rs 13 lakh and…