1 involved in IPC offence caught
Maligaon, June 13 (MExN): The RPF of Northeast Frontier Railway (NFR) has apprehended 6 persons involved in illegal sale of Railway tickets and recovered journey tickets worth more than Rs. 2.91 lakh during the month of May. Apprehended persons were prosecuted under section 143 of Railway Act, CPRO Subhanan Chanda informed in a press release.
In one such incident on May 23, based on information regarding touting activities by a travel agency named ‘A 2 Z Agency” located at Ganeshguri, Guwahati, RPF team of CIB/Guwahati along with RPF personnel from New Guwahati and CPDS team with the help of local police of Dispur PS conducted raid in the agency. During the search, a total of 45 Railway e-tickets were recovered which were generated by using different personal IDs. The recovered tickets valued at about Rs 1.63 lakh comprised of 35 used tickets and 10 future tickets. All the recovered e-tickets and relevant items were seized and the owner of the agency was taken into custody.
RPF of Lumding apprehended one person on May 6 at Lamsakhang Railway Station who was wanted by Kheroni Police in connection with a case at Kheroni PS for killing his own father. Later, the apprehended person was handed over to Mailoo Police Out Post for further legal action.