In a crackdown on unauthorised generation of e-tickets for train travel ahead of the festival season, the Railway Protection Force (RPF) of Mysuru Division in South Western Railways raided three cyber centres in Shivamogga district on Monday, September 4.
The raid led to busting of three unauthorised e-ticket generation rackets at the cyber centres and seizure of e-tickets worth ₹2.5 lakh, besides computers, printers and mobile phones worth more than ₹1.25 lakh, the Railways said in a press statement here on Tuesday, September 5.
The modus operandi deployed by the racketeers was to generate multiple personal IDs linked to different phone numbers for generating unauthorised e-tickets. The accused would exploit the need of passengers for train tickets to various destinations during the festive season by charging an exorbitant commission, sources in the Railways claimed.
