Rail ticket scam: After nabbing touts, now role of insiders under scanner
5 years, 9 months ago

Rail ticket scam: After nabbing touts, now role of insiders under scanner

India TV News  

After launching its biggest crackdown on railway ticket agents and touts, the Special Intelligence Branch of the Railway Protection Force is now probing the role of insiders involved in the racket which runs into several crores. Sources said that once the data relating to the booking of e-tickets and payment channels of various ticket agents across the country are made available, a clearer picture of the nationwide 'Tatkal' ticket racket will emerge. Sources said Railway Minister Piyush Goyal has appreciated RPF's investigation, called Operation Thunder, into the ticket fraud. During the course of investigation, it was discovered that most of the ticket agents and touts use specific software to fraudulently book e-tickets under Tatkal Seva.

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RPF to deploy AI and machine learning technology to combat ticket touting and black marketing
1 month, 3 weeks ago

RPF to deploy AI and machine learning technology to combat ticket touting and black marketing

The Hindu  

The Railway Protection Force is planning to integrate artificial intelligence to scrutinize booking behaviours in an effort to identify anomalies indicative of touting activities and deploy Machine Learning algorithms to detect and halt suspicious transactions in real time. “The persistent issue of ticket touting and black marketing in Indian Railways ticketing system represents a substantial challenge, particularly during peak travel …

2K IDs blocked to stop scamsters from having ‘first right’ over railway tickets
2 months ago

2K IDs blocked to stop scamsters from having ‘first right’ over railway tickets

New Indian Express  

CHENNAI: Even after eight years since the Tatkal ticket booking scandal using illegal software on the IRCTC portal came to light in New Delhi, Bihar, Tamil Nadu, and other parts of the country, the railways is unable to fully address the portal’s vulnerabilities, allowing touts and agents to continue using illegal software to book tickets, particularly on high-demand routes. On …

RPF records higher arrests for ticket touting in 2024
2 months ago

RPF records higher arrests for ticket touting in 2024

The Hindu  

The Railway Protection Force recorded a higher number of arrests in 2024 for ticket touting compared to 2023. Trains witness increased passenger demand during festivals like Deepavali and Pongal, and the multifold rise in demand is exploited through practices like ticket touting and black marketing. In 2024, the RPF registered a total of 71 cases for ticket touting, including seven …

Unauthorised procurement, supply of railway tickets a ‘social crime’ affecting national economy: SC
2 months, 1 week ago

Unauthorised procurement, supply of railway tickets a ‘social crime’ affecting national economy: SC

The Hindu  

The Supreme Court on Thursday held that unauthorised business of procuring and supplying railway e-tickets is a “social crime” which must be stopped in its tracks and criminal action should be prompt as the national economy is affected. The verdict by a Bench headed by Justice Dipankar Datta came on two appeals from the Kerala High Court regarding procurement and …

Railway police arrest fraudster for duping people with fake confirmed ticket
2 months, 3 weeks ago

Railway police arrest fraudster for duping people with fake confirmed ticket

Hindustan Times  

The Pune Railway Division Railway Protection Force has arrested a man for sending bogus messages of reserved ticket booking on mobile to passengers on Monday. The probe nailed Praveen Kumar Madhular Londhe of Gotkhindi in Sangli district based on the mobile details and CCTV footages confirmed his role in the crime. A team of RPF officials including inspector Sunil Kumar …

RPF Cracks Whip on Touts Indulging in Illegal Sale of e-Tickets
11 months ago

RPF Cracks Whip on Touts Indulging in Illegal Sale of e-Tickets

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: The Railway Protection Force arrested a person for allegedly indulging in illegal business of e-tickets and seized 20 e-tickets worth Rs.15,326. The operation Upalabdh emphasizes on RPF's commitment to combat illegal business of railway e-tickets, ensuring that passengers are not cheated by these unauthorized persons In 2024, the RPF Lingampally under operation Upalabdh had seized 123 railway e-tickets worth …

Racket in train e-ticket for festival season busted in Karnataka
1 year, 6 months ago

Racket in train e-ticket for festival season busted in Karnataka

The Hindu  

In a crackdown on unauthorised generation of e-tickets for train travel ahead of the festival season, the Railway Protection Force of Mysuru Division in South Western Railways raided three cyber centres in Shivamogga district on Monday, September 4. The raid led to busting of three unauthorised e-ticket generation rackets at the cyber centres and seizure of e-tickets worth ₹2.5 lakh, …

Maharashtra: Fake railway ticket racket, being run using illegal software, busted
1 year, 10 months ago

Maharashtra: Fake railway ticket racket, being run using illegal software, busted

India TV News  

Maharashtra's Nagpur RPF busted a fake railway ticket racket on Tuesday. He was allegedly running a huge nexus of black marketing of tickets through fake software called Nexus. RPF got information from its confidential sources that a person in Hanuman Nagar area of ​​Nagpur was black marketing tickets by illegally booking tickets. According to RPF, the arrested accused used to …

RPF Busts Major Cross-border Gang of Hackers and Touts Involved in E-ticketing, CBI to Take Over Case
4 years, 6 months ago

RPF Busts Major Cross-border Gang of Hackers and Touts Involved in E-ticketing, CBI to Take Over Case

News 18  

The Railway Protection Force of the South Western Railways on Tuesday claimed a major breakthrough in busting a cross-border criminal gang involved in illegal software for e-tickets by arresting the kingpin and over 100 panel developers. The SWR said in September last year, intelligence agencies alerted the use of illegal software for bypassing the IRCTC and Bank security systems deployed …

Train tickets worth over Rs 6 lakh recovered, 14 arrested including 8 IRCTC agents
4 years, 10 months ago

Train tickets worth over Rs 6 lakh recovered, 14 arrested including 8 IRCTC agents

India TV News  

The Railway Protection Force has arrested 14 people, including eight IRCTC agents, for allegedly illegally selling e-tickets for special trains running on the Rajdhani route which began operations on May 12. The railways, in a statement, said soon after it started the AC Special trains and announced 100 pairs of additional trains which are scheduled to run from June 1, …

More Tatkal tickets for passengers now as railways roots out illegal softwares
5 years, 1 month ago

More Tatkal tickets for passengers now as railways roots out illegal softwares

The Hindu  

More Tatkal tickets will be available for passengers now as the railways has weeded out several illegal softwares and arrested 60 agents who would use them to block such tickets, a top official said on February 18. Railway Protection Force Director General Arun Kumar said the software cleansing exercise means Tatkal tickets, which would earlier vanish within minutes of opening …

Online Tatkal booking software under CBI scanner
7 years, 2 months ago

Online Tatkal booking software under CBI scanner

India TV News  

A number of online software, being used allegedly by travel agents to trick the Tatkal booking systems, have come under the scanner of the CBI during its probe against its techie who has developed a similar system, the agency sources said here on Sunday. The sources said the software work on "auto fill" system where details of large number of …

Tatkal tickets scam: CBI software programmer arrested
7 years, 2 months ago

Tatkal tickets scam: CBI software programmer arrested

India TV News  

The CBI today arrested its software programmer for developing an illicit software to subvert the railways Tatkal reservation system, allowing hundreds of tickets to be booked in one go. Ajay Garg, an assistant programmer with CBI, worked with IRCTC for four years between 2007-11 where he learnt the vulnerabilities of the railway ticketing system, sources said. Garg has been arrested …

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