LUCKNOW: The Government Railway Police (GRP) on Tuesday arrested a man, Satyam, a resident of LDA Colony, for duping railways of money through ticket refunds.
The man used to book tickets, get scanned the original ticket, hand over the scanned copy to passengers buying tickets from him and get original ticket refunded from the current counter, minutes after passengers boarded the train. rado replica watches While he was pocketing the refund amount, passengers used to travel on scanned (or duplicate) tickets. Railways was in loss doubly.
The lid was blown off the racket on June 25, when the ticket checking team of railways caught 12 passengers travelling on such tickets at Bhusawal. The passengers were travelling in sleeper coach (S-8) of train number 2108. During checking, railway checking official S R Gore found that tickets which passengers were carrying were actually scanned copies of the originals. The original tickets were refunded at current counter in Lucknow within minutes of the train's departure. Passengers were found unaware of the ploy, said Gore in his report to GRP.
Passengers, on the contrary, informed checking officials that they had obtained tickets from Satyam and had contacted him on his mobile (numbers 9369169750 and 9389866649). GRP registered the case and arrested the man from railway Jimmy choo shoes station on Monday. The police recovered a ticket of Lucknow Mail dated July 18, along with a scanned copy, from his possession.
The GRP, on Tuesday, presented before mediapersons the original tickets and their scanned copies which were recovered by officials. The tickets were same except the 'watermark ink impression' of railways on the tickets. "Difference is slight and might not be visible with naked eye,"said A K Jain, ADG (railways). The scanned copies have lighter impression on them. Second, impression on scanned copies would smudge with a drop of water. It was this distinctive feature which led to Satyam's arrest.
During interrogation, he revealed that he was getting the ticket scanned from Amar Photostat in Charbagh. He used to sell it to passengers and get it refunded within four hours from current counter. "We are investigating the involvement of photostat shop owner as well,"said ADG. The police will also obtain the call and message details of both the mobiles recovered from Satyam for investigation. He is using Replica Longines Watches the same numbers as informed by the passengers.
The man was involved in the act for the past one year or so. Police claim that he was not running an agency. Besides, police is also writing to railway board recommending a change in refund rules. "If TTEs on board could be informed about all refunded tickets or the details are uploaded on website, it would act as a check against such crimes,"said the ADG. For Reprint Rights: timescontent.com
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