Title - Railway collects Rs 1 lakh fine

AURANGABAD: The Nanded division of the south central railway on Tuesday conducted a special ticket checking drive and collected a fine of Rs 1.11 lakh from as many as 336 ticketless travellers.

Charles Herenz, divisional commercial manager, Nanded division, said that a team of 60 ticket checking staff, including 25 TTEs and 35 scouts, were assisted by three personnel of the railway police force during the drive. The squad members travelled by bus to different places of the division to check the trains and prosecuted 336 ticketless travelers.

Herenz added that many such drives would be conducted in future so as to deter the ticketless travellers from commuting without appropriate train tickets.