Karnataka: Chikkamagaluru man held for selling railway tickets illegally

MYSURU: Personnel from the Mysuru division of Railway Protection Force (RPF) have arrested a man from Chikkamagaluru for illegally selling railway tickets.
The accused, Manish Jain, was picked up for allegedly procuring and supplying railway tickets. RPF personnel have recovered IRCTC e-tickets valued at Rs 24,880 (generated from his e-mail ID) from him. He has booked and sold multiple IRCTC tickets at premium rates, according to Priya Shetty, divisional commercial manager and PRO, SWR (Mysuru division).
An RPF officer said Manish had been into this illegal business for the past two years and had been sending e-tickets/ SMSes to passengers using social media platforms. “Only the railways or registered agents are authorised to sell tickets. Despite not being an agent, he was into booking tickets for a profit. The mobile phone that was being used to generate tickets has been confiscated from him. He has been booked under Section 143 of Railways Act (2003), the officer stated.
Special judicial magistrate court (railways) has sent him in judicial custody.