The Railway Protection Force (RPF) of Western Railway (WR) has detected 46 cases of illegal sale of tickets, with a total of 1088 e-tickets, valued at Rs 26.70 lakh, seized in April so far.
 
In a special drive, conducted by WR against touts in all six divisions, the RPF official seized 1088 E-tickets as well as journey-cum-reservation tickets worth approximately Rs 26.70 lakhs this month. 

According to the press release issued by Sumit Thakur, chief public relations officer of Western Railway, the RPF WR formed special teams of dedicated staff from the Detective Wing of RPF Crime Branch, Cyber Cell and Divisions to launch special drives against touts. "It was observed that touts were booking tickets using several fake identity cards, including some authorized IRCTC agents who used fake IDs to issue tickets, thereby charging extra money from innocent passengers. In the year 2022, RPF WR arrested 769 accused of illegal touting and seized tickets worth more than Rs. 32.63 Cr in 629 cases," the statement read.