A special drive in the South East Central Railway (SECR) zone led to the arrest of 32 touts booking railway tickets. Tickets worth Rs 6.50 lakhs were seized on Saturday.
Based on complaints regarding sale of railway tickets on higher rates mainly procured through e-ticketing, the Railway Protection Force (RPF) conducted the drive, an official communication said.
During the drive, it was found that the touts have been using their personal identity to book tickets from the IRCTC portal, mainly in premium ‘Tatkal’. It was then sold at a premium.
The 32 touts arrested were from Bilaspur (13), Raipur (6) and Nagpur (13).
The raids were conducted at Raipur, Bhilai, Durg, Korba, Champa, Raigarh, Bilaspur, Pendra Road and Ambikapur and in stations based in Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh falling under the SECR zone.