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Railway Protection Force (RPF) of South Western Railways has cracked down connected amerciable railway e-ticket booking activities successful Mysuru and Hassan.
In an anti-touting cognition astatine Mysuru, a idiosyncratic progressive successful amerciable railway e-ticket booking was identified based connected accusation received from the Cyber Cell of RPF Bengaluru. “During the enquiry, 21 railway e-tickets and a mobile phone, unneurotic valued astatine ₹66,591, were detected and seized,” said a property connection present connected Thursday, adding that indispensable ineligible proceedings had been initiated.
In different case, RPF Hassan conducted a raid astatine a question bureau successful Hassan nether Operation Upalabdh, an inaugural to curb amerciable summons touting, and detected amerciable railway e-ticket booking activities utilizing a idiosyncratic IRCTC ID. “Railway tickets, physics devices and different related materials valued astatine ₹83,837 were seized and ineligible enactment had been initiated,” the connection said.
Meanwhile, the RPF has conducted respective operations and consciousness drives to guarantee rider safety, information and vigilance crossed railway premises, the connection said.
Under ‘Operation Amanat’, a wallet containing currency and important cards, misplaced by a rider successful Train No. 11311, Coach B2, was safely recovered by RPF unit astatine Hassan Railway Station and aboriginal handed implicit to the complainant’s member aft due verification.
Similarly, nether ‘Operation Satark’, the RPF unit detected an abandoned suspicious polythene container successful Train No. 17310 adjacent Shivani Railway Station. On inspection by Excise officials, the container was recovered to incorporate 8 bottles of illicit liquor totalling 8.5 litres valued astatine ₹4,475. The liquor bottles were seized for further action, the connection said.
Under ‘Samay Palan’, 1 unauthorised rider was detected pulling the alarm concatenation successful Train No. 16222 Mysuru–Talaguppa Express astatine Birur Railway Station, causing a hold of 2 minutes to the bid movement. Necessary enactment has been taken successful this regard.
Under ‘Jan Jagaran’, RPF unit astatine Shivamogga Railway Station conducted a peculiar consciousness thrust among passengers regarding the dangers of carrying inflammable articles during bid journeys and wrong railway premises. Passengers were advised to debar carrying specified hazardous materials for harmless travel, the connection said.
