South East District Police busts a Railway E-Ticketing racket in Jaipur ,Delhi arrests two persons
New Delhi:
South East District Police busts a Railway E-Ticketing racket in Jaipur ,Delhi arrests two persons
- Indian Railways ‘E’ Ticketing Racket busted in Badarpur, South East District.
- Two arrested with a large number of pre-booked train tickets – all Tickets for Bihar.
- Fake Voter Cards seized.
- Fake voter cards were given to the passenger to show their identity along with ticket to TTE on train.
- Computer, scanner, data card, pen drives, registers containing record of tickets have also been seized.
South East District Police has busted a Railway ‘E’ Ticketing Racket in Jaitpur, Delhi and arrested two persons. 15 E tickets booked on pseudo names and 4 bogus voter cards have been seized. Voter cards have been manufactured by the gang and were to be given to the passenger to show along with E Ticket to TTE while on a journey. The gang was charging two to three times the value of the ticket from the customers.
Vivek and Ravinder are distant cousins. They have been running the Railway Counter since past 3 years. Initially they started with regular online booking of tickets. However, during rush seasons, like the impending Chhat Puja and just concluded Diwali and Durga Pooja, they provided pre – booked tickets on premium. To facilitate the passengers they also provided fake Voter Cards to present before TTE when he would come to check the tickets during journey. They charged anywhere between two to three times of the original value of the train tickets from these desperate travellers.
The Modus Operandi of the accused was simple. They booked their online tickets 2 months in advance. They would use different e mail IDs on the Indian Railways Catering and Tourism Corporation Limited (IRCTC) website for booking tickets. They booked tickets for all age groups. All the tickets recovered from them are for destinations in Bihar, as a large chunk of migrant population settled in the area of Jaitpur and Badarpur hails from Bihar.
The fake Voter Cards were prepared by morphing the photograph and other details on scanned copies of genuine Voter Cards. Accused Vivek disclosed that he along with Ravinder had prepared and sold about eight hundred such pre – booked tickets to their customer.
The police personnel involved in the good work are being rewarded suitably.
(DR. P. KARUNAKARAN)
Deputy Commissioner of Police
South- East District, New Delhi
Source:Delhi Police (PR Cell)