Overview
- Chief Ticket Inspector Deepika Murty flagged the mobile pass during a women’s first-class check shortly after departure from Andheri around 10:20 am.
- DCTI Control verified the pass as fake, and Railway Protection Force personnel escorted the passenger to the Bandra Government Railway Police station.
- GRP identified the passenger as Preety Gupta, who admitted her friend, Anuj Kishor Gupta, had created the fake pass and sent it to her via WhatsApp.
- An FIR was registered and Gupta was arrested under Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita sections including cheating and forgery, with further investigation ongoing.
- Officials noted UTS records showed she had not purchased a railway pass since 2023 and urged commuters to use authorised ticketing platforms.