RPF/NFR has been successful in apprehending touts who are involved in illegal selling of railway tickets during search and raids conducted within the jurisdiction of NFR.
In one such incident on 31-08-2020 Inspector/RPF/CIB/Guwahati along with other officials and staff of CIB/Guwahati and RPF/post/ Guwahati with the help of local police conducted search in one shop namely M/s. P.M.Communication and Service located at Odalbakra, Guwahati- 781034 who was running illegal business of selling Railway e-tickets. In course of the search, RPF recovered 21 nos of Railway e-tickets generated using user ID for different persons on different dates and different trains. Total value of the recovered E-Tickets is Rs. 33,718/- (Thirty three thousand seven hundred eighteen) rupees only. On being asked, the owner of the shop namely Mrinal Hazra failed to produce any IRCTC authorization certificate and confessed generating the recovered railway e-tickets illegally for his benefit. As such, the recovered Railway e-tickets along with other relevant items have been seized and the owner of the shop has been taken into custody. In this connection, Sub Inspector/D. Kalita of RPF / CIB/ Guwahati lodged a complaint ..
