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Railway scam: 10 lakhs worth tickets seized, culprit arrested

Amid all the scams that existed, another one has been added to the long list- the railway scam.

A total of 700 train e-tickets worth Rs. 10 lakh have been seized in the West Central Railway Division of Jabalpur and one person arrested, a Railway Protection Force source said on Sunday.

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Acting on a tip-off, a team raided a cafe in Gorakhpur and found Rakesh Kumar booking e-tickets, according to RPF sources. When Inspector Virendra Singh questioned him, he accepted to having been booking tickets illegally.

Rakesh Kumar had made more than 30 email ids and would book both normal and tatkal tickets and charge an extra Rs. 200 per ticket. A case has been registered.

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