The arrest of a Mumbai-based resident in Jharkhand by Railway security agencies has exposed a railway ticket black marketing racket.

The modus operandi was simple. As a ticket booking service provider, he used a mobile phone and connected with a group of railway personnel to book Tatkal tickets at a cost to be paid by the beneficiary. 

Following a ' tip off' Central agencies conducted a raid at a Giridih district dharamshala on Thursday ( November 12,2026).

Investigation revealed that this Mumbai-based resident, who was being interrogated by the CBI-RPF, had a network comprising railway personnel, it is learnt. 

In fact, a joint team comprising the Central Bureau of Investigation and the Railway Protection Force executed the successful operation.

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The security personnel searched room number 226 and apprehended thirty-three-year-old Jaswant Rai on the spot.

Authorities recovered thirty-one train tickets valued at one lakh seventy-four thousand rupees from his possession.

Interrogation revealed that 117 passengers planned to travel using these illegally procured tickets. The accused charged victims an extra Rs.2-3000 per ticket for his services.

Investigating agencies also seized two touch-screen mobile phones and six thousand nine hundred rupees in cash.

Investigators registered a formal case under section one hundred forty-three of the Railways Act on November twelfth. Security agencies continue their active investigation to uncover broader networks linked to this illegal ticketing racket.

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