Railway TTEs Target Bihar and UP Migrant Workers to Achieve Fines Targets
Deccan ChronicleHyderabad: Labourers from Bihar and UP returning to the city after the Diwali and Chhath festivities are being targeted by the railways’ commercial staff. Bihar Samaj Seva Sangh president Raju Ojha, explained, “Recently when I went to Secunderabad station at 10 pm, I noticed that when the Dhanapur-Secunderabad Express arrived, over 10 ticket checking officers rushed towards the train and the exit gates. They are stopped till late in the night.” Ojha added, “The Samaj Seva Sangh is getting several such complaints from migrants going to their native village or returning to the city about them being targeted by railway officials.” Devkumar Pukhraj, from Bihar, living in the city for the last 12 years, narrated his experience. “The ticket checking staff, who are entrusted with a high target to collect fines, is the main reason for these innocent migrants getting targetted. The railway staff makes sure that they impose fines, they check the tickets, check the pockets for pan gutka and fine them, including for carrying excess luggage.”
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