Man posing as TTE held at Tirupati station for cheating passengers

Joint teams of the Railway Protection Force (RPF) and Government Railway Police (GRP) apprehended a antheral impersonating a Travelling Ticket Examiner (TTE) astatine Tirupati railway station, who was demanding fines from passengers.

The accused, identified arsenic Parvesh Shah from Kodungaiyur, Chennai, was recovered successful a heated statement with a rider astatine Gate No. 3. When RPF Inspector Sandeep Kumar and GRP Inspector Aseervadam questioned them, the rider stated that the ‘TTE’ had already collected ₹500 for ticketless question and was demanding an further ₹500.

Suspicious of his behaviour, the officers asked Shah to nutrient his individuality card, which revealed that helium was an impostor sustaining himself done specified fraudulent activities. He was reportedly known to basal astatine crowded gates successful some Tirupati and Chennai railway stations, extorting wealth from passengers without tickets.

GRP Tirupati Station House Officer G. Ratnamala registered cases of impersonation and aggravated cheating against Parvesh Shah and sent him to the Special Judicial First Class Magistrate’s Court for Railways successful Nellore for remand.