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Indian Express
24-05-2025
- Indian Express
Train ticket checkers in Kalyan pose as ticketless passengers to nab fake TC
After repeated complaints of a fake Ticket Checker (TC) duping passengers in the general compartment of long distance trains, a Railways team, with its own TCs and police, posed as ticketless travellers and nabbed the accused from Kushinagar Superfast Express train on Wednesday. They also seized a fake receipt book which the accused, Ramprakash Mandal, 40, a Virar resident, used to extort money from unsuspecting travellers. An official from Kalyan Government Railway Police (GRP) said that their team, wearing civilian dress and led by Haresh Dahilkar, boarded and saw a person (Mandal) wearing a TC uniform asking people for their tickets. 'When he came to them, the four TCs claimed that they wanted to go from Lokmanya Tilak Terminus to Gorakhpur but did not have the tickets. The accused told them to pay a fine of Rs 2,640,' said an officer. When they checked the receipt, it turned out to be fake following which they alerted the Railway Protection Force and nabbed the accused. The police found that he was also using a fake badge. Mandal was handed over to the Kalyan GRP that registered a case and arrested Mandal. An officer said that Mandal took advantage of the fact that usually TCs did not come to the general compartment, especially during the vacations period when it is crowded. Mandal told the police that he got the idea when he himself was caught travelling ticketless and was asked to pay a fine. 'He then took the receipt he was given to a Virar shop where he covered his name with white ink and got several copies of the receipts which he then used to dupe people,' he said. The Railways took action based on the complaint received by senior divisional commercial manager Arun Kumar.
Time of India
24-05-2025
- Time of India
To nab bogus TC, real ones go ticketless on Exp train
Kalyan: Kalyan Govt Railway Police caught a bogus ticket checker, Ramprakash Mandal (40), on Kushinagar Express train. The arrested bogus TC, taking advantage of rush in the general compartment due to summer vacation when TCs hardly check tickets on trains, had looted many posing as TC and issuing bogus fine receipts. Kalyan GRP sources said that recently, senior divisional commercial manager (Works) Arun Kumar received a complaint of bogus fine receipts given to passengers on the Kushinagar Express. He formed a team of TCs led by Haresh Dahilkar who, with his team, posed as passengers without tickets, and boarded the Kushinagar Express on Wednesday. They caught a suspect in a TC's unfiorm and badge, asking people to show their tickets in the general compartment. Kalyan GRP said that when the genuine TCs team asked the accused, saying they were four without tickets and wanted tickets from LTT to Gorakhpur, the bogus TC asked them pay a fine of Rs 2,640. When the team checked the receipt, they found it fake. The team, with help of RPF personnel, caught him and handed him over to Kalyan GRP, who arrested the fake TC. —Pradeep Gupta Get the latest lifestyle updates on Times of India, along with Brother's Day wishes , messages and quotes !
