(a) whether attention of Railways has been drawn to the operation of touts who reportedly buy a
large number of tickets in fictitious names and sell them at a premium, allegedly in connivance
with some departmental staff;
(b) if so, the number of such cases which has come to the notice of the Railway authorities
during the last three years and the current year; and
(c) the action being taken by the Railway authorities to prevent such activities?
MINISTER OF RAILWAYS(KUMARI MAMATA BANERJEE)
(a) to (c): A Statement is laid on the Table of the Sabha.
STATEMENT referred to in reply to parts (a) to (c) of Starred Question No.7 by Shri Rudra Madhab
Ray AND SHRI Brijbhushan Sharan Singh to be answered in Lok Sabha on 02.07.2009 regarding Menace
of touts.
(a): In the course of internal checks, some cases of touts/anti-social elements purchasing
tickets in fictitious names have come to notice.
(b): The number of cases of passengers travelling on transferred tickets detected are as
under:
Year No. of transferred ticket cases detected.
2006-07 16404
2007-08 20298
2008-09 20240
2009-10(upto May,09) 4226