Overview
- Central and Western Railway will invoke Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita sections 318(2), 336(3), 336(4), 340(1) and 340(2), with offences described as non-bailable and punishable by fines and up to seven years in jail.
- Starting next week, “fortress checkings” will seal station entry and exit points while large teams of ticket examiners work with Railway Protection Force personnel to detect counterfeit travel.
- Commuters must present the same identity card used to purchase online season tickets, with details required to match the credentials on the pass shown to inspectors.
- Special ticket-checking teams will intensify inspections on trains and at stations, including sweeps on AC locals, and railway authorities have asked the Government Railway Police to expedite forgery cases.
- Officials cite at least five recent incidents and evolving methods, from photocopied passes to AI- or Photoshop-edited UTS e-tickets and tampered season tickets detected by cross-checks.