Two rly ticket touts arrested
Lucknow: In a joint operation, the crime branch team of railway and railway protection force in Lucknow apprehended two men, Mohammad Kaif and Gaurav from Khala Bazaar, involved in an interstate railway ticket black marketing racket.
The authorities recovered 20 tatkal tickets, including 19 photocopies, valued at Rs 1.34 lakh. The accused were booked under Section 143 of the Railway Act.
According to official sources, the perpetrators booked tickets from various reservation counters in Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra, and other locations, dispatching them via air-service parcels. The operation revealed a sophisticated network exploiting the ticketing system for illegal profits.
There are five more suspects: Ram Ramesh and Bablu, two air cargo service employees, Mumbai-based travel agents Manish Kamdar and Mayur Ganesh, and Mohammad Shaban from Lucknow.
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