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Our team recovered 1,277 e-tickets worth Rs 19.61 lakh.“The team also seized several computers, hard disk and identification cards from the agents. A team was formed who kept tab on the three telecommunication stores in Shamshabad for a week. Thereafter a raid was conducted to catch the men red handed. They were booked under the Railway Act.Speaking with TOI, RPF, Agra division, senior commandant S Z Khan said, “We had been receiving an input from IRCTC about local agents using multiple IDs to book e-tatkal tickets for sleeper and AC class berths. During interrogation, the trio claimed that they were using at least 15-20 IDs together to book e-tatkal tickets and made up to Rs 2,000 margin per ticket,” added officer Khan.The drive exposed how travel agents fraudulently corner tickets and sell them at a premium while thousands of passengers queue up in vain at reservation counters or click unsuccessfully at their computers..