A sum of ₹24.5 lakh penalty was realised and 3,484 cases were registered during a mega ticket-checking drive held across the length of Vijayawada division of the South Central Railway (SCR).
While 1,641 cases pertained to ticketless travel, 1,825 cases were of irregular travel, and a penalty of ₹15.41 lakh and ₹9.10 lakh respectively was realised.
As per Railway officials, this is the highest-ever penalty realised in a single day in the records of the division. As many as 135 staff checked 48 trains in a drive that went on for 12 hours.
