Fake Ticket Examiner Caught At Pecharthal Railway Station In North Tripura

A fake ticket examiner was detained at Pecharthal railway station in North Tripura. Later he was transferred to the Government Railway Police in Dharmanagar.

Representational Image | A fake TTE was detained at Pecharthal railway station in North Tripura.

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The day after a fake ticket examiner was detained at Manu railway station, another individual posing as a TTE was arrested at Pecharthal railway station in North Tripura on Thursday.

According to a report by Indian Express, a railway official stated that 24-year-old Kaushik Sarkar was handed over to authorities by passengers who grew suspicious of his behaviour while he checked the tickets of hawkers and others on an Agartala-Dharmanagar train. Later, Sarkar was transferred to the Government Railway Police in Dharmanagar.

Fake TTE Detained At Manu railway station In Tripura

A man was detained at the Manu railway station in Tripura on Wednesday for reportedly posing as a travelling ticket examiner and collecting “fines” from ticketless passengers.

As per the report of India Express, the police confirmed that the accused was identified as Hossain Ali, a resident of Kailashahar in the Unakoti district of Tripura.

Ali told police he received a message on Instagram offering a central government position. “They (members of the online group) messaged me on Instagram about providing a central government job. I thought  it’s a central government job and I could earn a good amount of money. They gave me a link to fill the application form. Later, they informed me that I had been selected. They even sent me a uniform, a diary, and even an ID card,” he said to the police.

Ali further told the police that he was asked to collect Rs 150 and Rs 200 as fines from long-distance ticket-less passengers travelling on trains.

A police official from the headquarters noted that Ali was turned over to the Railway Protection Force in Dharmanagar, North Tripura district, adding that no official case has been registered with the Tripura police yet.