Title - NORTHERN RAILWAY BUSTS RACKET OF TOUTS IN DELHI AREA

As part  of its relentless agenda to contain the activity of touts at prominent stations especially in Delhiarea, Northern Railway carried out decoy checks yesterday(05.09.2013) in the Paharganj area adjoining New Delhistation. During the exercise carried out, the vigilance sleuths of Northern Railway swooped down o­n an Unauthorised Ticketing Agency  Sahara Tours at Amrit Kaur Market , Paharganj

            During the decoy checks, the  investigation team of Vigilance Department of Northern  Railway which requested for sleeper class tickets  costing Rs. 510/- were charged Rs. 1000/- for the same thus overcharging tickets by  Rs.490/-. When the team demanded authorization for the window-mode tickets(PRS Tickets), the owner of the agency produced authorization letter from IRCTC for preparing e-tickets o­nly thus clearly proving that he was unauthorisedly carrying o­n the ticketing activity. The owner of this above ticketing agency was arrested and legal action initiated under the Railways Act 1989.