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NEW DELHI: Desperate to put an end to the tout trouble, the railways has suspended four enquiries-cum-reservation clerks till further investigations after sudden checks at the Madipur reservation office."The four employees were suspended on Monday as a few irregularities were found in their activities. Disciplinary action against all of them has been initiated by the commercial department of Northern Railway," said chief public relations officer, Northern Railway, Neeraj Sharma.He added that the department head will show-cause the employees. "They will be given a chance to defend themselves after which a decision will be taken on whether to terminate their service," said Sharma.The railway may also go to police if it unearths large-scale criminal conspiracy, but so far there is nothing to go beyond the laid-out rules. "The vigilance unit found from a tout eight Tatkal tickets bought in an illegal manner. Though any direct connivance was not found, we decided to act against them," said Sharma.RPF has arrested 95 touts in Delhi alone ever since TOI began its campaign a week ago. "General manager V K Gupta has directed us to release the names and addresses of these touts so that they are socially boycotted," an official said. While three men were apprehended from the New Delhi booking counter in the past two days, one each was held from the Sarai Rohilla and Patel Nagar counters.

The railways has also decided to transfer immediately all suspected staffers.