On Thursday, a surveillance team conducted a raid at the booking counters of Patna Junction railway station. The team was acting on a complaint of overcharging for general tickets. They discovered excess money at one of the counters. The team locked down all counters and conducted a thorough search for four...
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hours but found excess money only at one counter. The surveillance team submitted a report to the Danapur Divisional Headquarters and East Central Railway Headquarters. No action has been taken against the accused railway employees yet. Sources say that a counter was checked where notes that were given to a passenger by the surveillance team were found. The team restricted entry and exit from the booking counters while conducting their investigation. Recently, there have been numerous complaints of overcharging by booking counters at various stations in Patna, including Patna Junction, Danapur, Patliputra, and Rajendra Nagar Terminal. Following a raid at a Danapur booking counter, some employees and supervisors were transferred. The East Central Railway Headquarters is taking strict action against such cases.