Title - Surprise check against illegal railway ticket agencies - The Times of India

SURAT: The anti-tout squad of Western Railway along with the Railway Protection Force (RPF) conducted surprise checking against the unauthorized railway ticket agencies in the city.

Official sources said that the raids were conducted few days ago at M/s Thakkar International located at Sargam shopping complex at Parle Point.

The owner of the firm identified as Laxmichand Thakkar and his employee were arrested on the charges under section 143 of the Railway's Act, 1989.

During the check, an employee present in the shop admitted to generating tickets without any licence or authority issued by IRCTC for railway e-ticketing. He also admitted to generating tickets on different personal IDs and selling them at a premium of 200-300 per person above the actual fare.

Several articles such as 10 e-tickets generated using personal IDs, 2 e-tickets using different agent IDs, one partially used order-cum-bill book, etc were seized from the office.

A senior WR officer said, "The above action was taken in view of an incident brought to the notice of Mumbai Central Division of WR by an aware citizen in the city."