Advanced software and a Pak footprint: RPF to hack ticket touts in Pune, Mumbai, Bihar

PUNE As Covid restrictions are easing around the state, but for Pune, once again, passengers travelling by rail have also increased.

Coming down heavily on this illegal ticketing touts, the Railway Protection Force (RPF) of the Pune railway division has started procuring advance software to “hack this racket”.

RPF claims to have found “footprints from Pakistan” among touts involved in illegal ticket bookings, especially at the Pune, Mumbai and Bihar railway stations.

“Applicant needs to book a railway ticket from the IRCTC website, and for each mobile number only one person can login. Also, as per the central government telecom rules, one person can have a maximum of 12 mobile numbers registered on his/her name.