In yet another feat by Western Railway, the Vigilance Team of Western Railway caught hold of agents and passengers travelling on fake Aadhar cards. During the intensive investigation on 4th November 2019 , the Vigilance Team caught three passengers travelling on fake Aadhar Cards and handed over them to RPF/GRP for further inquiry. The passengers travelling on fake Aadhar Card have given the name of an agent who made such fake IDs and the work to catch him is also expedited.
According to a press release issued by Shri Ravinder Bhakar – Chief Public Relations Officer of Western Railway, the surprise check conducted by the Vigilance Team consisted of Shri Himanshu Kapadiya – Chief Vigilance Inspector, Shri Shaikh Mohd. Zuber – Vigilance Inspector along with Shri Niraj Mehta – Dy. CTI/ADI and Shri Saji Phillip – Dy. CTI/CCM Squad to inspect Train No. 22956 Bhuj – Bandra Terminus Kutch Express.
In the surprise check conducted from 30th October 2019 till present the team has caught 67 fake passengers and recovered Rs. 62,310/- from them. In addition to this, RPF Ahmedabad arrested an agent named Ashish Darji from whom 98 E-tickets were seized. Out of these, 91 tickets were reported to be from the suspected 282 PNRs of the Vigilance department.
In the recent past, the Vigilance Team on scrutiny of certain suspicious booking transactions in PRS system detected that the E-Tickets booked in train No. 22956 Bhuj – Bandra Terminus Kutch Express were booked using the same name of passengers on different days of Diwali holidays. It was also suspected that the tickets were booked by unauthorized tickets agents using dubious software.
