The Bengaluru Division of &nbsp;South Western Railways conducted a massive raid on illegal E-ticket selling agencies in Bengaluru and seized live tickets and devices valued at seven lakh 70 thousand rupees. The Railway Protection Force personnel conducted raids at 10 places and arrested 10 offenders in the city.<br />''<br />''AIR Correspondent reports that the five teams of Railway Protection Force personnel conducted simultaneous searches based on the leads given by the cyber cell of the railways.<br />''<br />''The exact location of the offenders were traced down by the cell. Areas around the city in Chickpet, Magadi Road, Ramanagara and Kengeri the raids were conducted.<br />''<br />''It was found that 27 IRCTC personal Ids were misused by the offenders to extort premium money from the common public in the name of providing fast and assured booking of railway tickets.<br />''<br />''<span style="color: #222222;">The offenders are booked under section 143 of the Railways Act.</span><br />
News On AIR | January 30, 2021 12:20 PM
South Western Railways seized illegal E-tickets, devices worth RS 7.70 lakh