RPF team raids five travel agents, seizes 40 live tickets
   Date :16-May-2019

 DSC Ashotosh Pandey and others showing ticket seized by the RPF staff.
 
 
Staff Reporter:
 
A team of Railway Protection Force (RPF) of South East Central Railway (SECR) have raided five travel agencies and recovered illegally booked 40 live train tickets worth Rs one lakh and other material collectively worth Rs 3.50 lakh.
 
Addressing a press conference Ashutosh Pandey, Divisional Security Commandant (DSC) informed that the raids were carried out to put check on the illegal ticket booking activities. The raids were carried out on Prabhat Tours and Travels, Dhantoli; Online Services Railway Reservation Centre, Arjuni, Gondia; Astha tours, Mul, Chandrapur; Professional Courier, Balaghat, Madhya Pradesh; Shriyantra Internet MP Online, Gulbara, Chhindawada, Madhya Pradesh. Offences were registered against the agents under various sections of Indian Railway Act.
 
Under the guidance of DSC Pandey, ASC A K Swami, the arrest was made by RPF Kamptee team including Sub-Inspector Mohd Mugisuddin, SM Ingale, Prakash Raisedam, R S Bagderia, Ishant Dixit, Subhash Adware, RPF Gondia team including Inspector Nandbahadur Meshram, R Raikwar, P Dalai, Santosh Meshram, Bablu Korcham and others.