Railway worker among seven arrested for black marketing of rail tickets

Raipur, Dec 8 (Agency) The Crime Branch team of Railway Protection Force of Bilaspur Railway Zone raided ticket reservation center of Raipur railway station on Tuesday and arrested seven people, including a railway worker, for their alleged involvement in ticket black-marketing. The raid was carried out on the complaints of black marketing of rail tickets. According to information received from railway sources, complaints were received about black marketing of tickets with connivance of some personnel of Raipur Railway Reservation Center. Acting on these complaints, the Crime Branch team of Railway Protection Force of Bilaspur Railway Zone raided the reservation center of Raipur railway station today. Despite being on leave, a railway worker himself booked tickets of touts by removing a woman worker on the counter. The team caught him red-handed booking the tickets of touts. The team also arrested six touts who were involved in black-marketing of tickets “through railway worker”.