INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
The new provision has been proposed by the Railway Protection Force.Against the backdrop of online ticketing scams, railways is mulling an
amendment to the Railways Act, 1989 to include a provision of penalising those committing e-ticketing frauds, sources said
The proposed amendment has suggested a fine of more than Rs two lakh for the offence, the sources said
increasing and a need was felt to include a new provision
The new provision has been proposed by the Railway Protection Force
It will involve an amendment to the Act
This has to be approved by the Railway Board," a source in the ministry said
In one of the biggest railway ticketing scams, the Central Railways on May 2 arrested a man from Mumbai, who allegedly used a fake software
In another case exposed in December last year, a CBI official and his companion allegedly manipulated Tatkal ticket reservation system of
the railways through an illegal software
They were subsequently arrested
The present act does not envision e-ticket frauds, but does have a provision to punish those touts who illegally sell, purchase or attempts
to ten thousand rupees, or with both, according to the Act
Sources also said that the amended Act will seek to empower the authorised personnel of the RPF, commercial, vigilance departments to deal
with cases related to the new provision
Currently those arrested for online frauds are booked under the Information and Technology Act along with relevant provisions of the Indian
The proposal also includes hike in fines for causing nuisance, specially against women passengers and encroachment of compartments reserved
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