In a special drive against touts, the crime branch and cyber cell of the RPF, Western Railway, have registered 183 cases and arrested 192 people in the past three months for booking tickets with fake identities and over charging passengers. Officials have also seized e-tickets as well as journey-cum-reservation tickets worth over Rs 55 lakh from them.

As per the guidelines and directions issued by the Railway Board, under the supervision of IG PC Sinha, RPF Western Railway, the drive was launched by forming special teams of dedicated staff from the Detective Wing/RPF crime branch and the cyber cell in the six divisions: Mumbai, Baroda, Ahmedabad, Ratlam, Bhavnagar and Rajkot.