<p>The Railway Protection Force, Mysuru division, under South Western Railway, has unearthed illegal booking of Indian Railway Catering And Tourism Corporation Limited (IRCTC) E-tickets, by touts.</p>.<p>“The railways, in an attempt to restart train services, introduced more than 100 pairs of trains on select routes across the nation, commencing on June 1. Since then, there is a huge demand for tickets on a majority of the routes. Several complaints were received regarding touts using multiple identities to book tickets in these trains. It was complained that they were selling the tickets at a premium,” Divisional Railway Manager Priya Shetty said.</p>.<p>A press note states, “On a specific information of touting activities, during the unprecedented time of the global pandemic of Covid-19, the Crime Intelligence Branch of the Railway Protection Force, Mysuru division, launched a drive to identify such illegal activities. The CIB team collected the PNRs, had them analysed through software and then zeroed in on the suspects."</p>.<p>"On July 15, on the strength of a search warrant obtained from the Railway Magistrate, Mysuru, Krishnaji Rao, the sub-inspector and his team conducted a search at the Government Fair Price Shop, Hullehalli, Kadur taluk, Chikkmagaluru district, and arrested the accused H G Puttaswamy, 26 years, and recovered 48 E-tickets worth Rs 17,054 and one mobile phone. In this connection, a case has been registered at the RPF outpost at Birur, under Section 143 of the Railways Act, 1989,” the press note states.</p>
<p>The Railway Protection Force, Mysuru division, under South Western Railway, has unearthed illegal booking of Indian Railway Catering And Tourism Corporation Limited (IRCTC) E-tickets, by touts.</p>.<p>“The railways, in an attempt to restart train services, introduced more than 100 pairs of trains on select routes across the nation, commencing on June 1. Since then, there is a huge demand for tickets on a majority of the routes. Several complaints were received regarding touts using multiple identities to book tickets in these trains. It was complained that they were selling the tickets at a premium,” Divisional Railway Manager Priya Shetty said.</p>.<p>A press note states, “On a specific information of touting activities, during the unprecedented time of the global pandemic of Covid-19, the Crime Intelligence Branch of the Railway Protection Force, Mysuru division, launched a drive to identify such illegal activities. The CIB team collected the PNRs, had them analysed through software and then zeroed in on the suspects."</p>.<p>"On July 15, on the strength of a search warrant obtained from the Railway Magistrate, Mysuru, Krishnaji Rao, the sub-inspector and his team conducted a search at the Government Fair Price Shop, Hullehalli, Kadur taluk, Chikkmagaluru district, and arrested the accused H G Puttaswamy, 26 years, and recovered 48 E-tickets worth Rs 17,054 and one mobile phone. In this connection, a case has been registered at the RPF outpost at Birur, under Section 143 of the Railways Act, 1989,” the press note states.</p>