EASTERN RAILWAY BEEFED UP VIGILANCE RAIDS TO CURB TICKET TOUTS
June 27, 2023
Eastern Railway’s Vigilance team in association with the RPF conducts raids at different booking counters to nab touts and ensure hassle-free journeys for intending passengers, especially during the Puja holidays for which demand for tickets has reached its peak.
Acting on a tip-off from source information regarding the prevalence of touts during opening hours of Puja booking, to impose check, the Vigilance team & RPF of Eastern Railway raided passenger reservation counters at Russa Road and Cornwallis Street today (27.6.2023). Eastern Railway’s Vigilance Team arrested two persons from the Russa Road passenger reservation counter and one from the Cornwallis Street reservation counter for touting activities. The apprehended persons were handed over to RPF/Koilaghat for onward investigation and legal action. A couple of reserved tickets were recovered from the apprehended persons and those were seized.
Eastern Railway will continue such vigilance raids to resist any touting activities so that no bonafide passengers have to face trouble during the journey by purchasing improper tickets from the touts.
Shri Kausik Mitra, Chief Public Relations Officer, Eastern Railway requested the passengers to purchase proper journey tickets by themselves from the booking counters or through the IRCTC website only and not to fall prey to the touts.
