Railway security agencies arrested a Mumbai resident in Jharkhand for running a railway ticket black marketing racket.
Officials conducted a raid at a Giridih district dharamshala on Thursday following a reliable tip-off.
Joint teams comprising the Central Bureau of Investigation and the Railway Protection Force executed the successful operation.
The security personnel searched room number 226 and apprehended thirty-three-year-old Jaswant Rai at the spot.
Authorities recovered thirty-one train tickets valued at one lakh seventy-four thousand rupees from his possession.
Interrogation revealed that one hundred seventeen passengers planned to travel using these illegally procured tickets.
The accused charged victims an extra two to three thousand rupees per ticket for his services.
Officers 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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