“The committee has to basically prepare a blueprint for the board to set up the cyber crime cell. They have to recommend ways to induct persons with experience in handling such cases either on deputation or permanent absorbtion so as to eliminate scope of manipulation,” the news agency quoted the source as saying.
“It also has to determine under which department the cell has to operate and the strength of staff and pay matrix,” the source added further. In 2018, Railways had asked the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology to block as many as 19 websites over concerns of misuse of the automation software on IRCTC’s official website.
The complaint came in the wake of the arrest of a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) staff member who was accused of running an unauthorised IRCTC ticket booking racking along with other travel agents. The report also stated that illegal software was used by the accused to simultaneously book over a thousand tickets through one portal.
Further to control misuse in ticketing procedures, Railways Minister Piyush Goyal earlier this month informed that as many as 6,000 CCTV cameras are being installed at railway stations and several cyber crime cells are being made functional across the country.