Daijiworld Media Network - Mangaluru
With Inputs from Media Release

Mangaluru, Jan 6: A person posing as ticket examiner in train no 22609 Mangaluru - Coimbatore Inter City Express was arrested on Wednesday January 6.

The accused has been identified as Niyas V P from Pappinissery, Kannur

Niyas, who was posing as a ticket collector, aroused suspicion among the passengers. A passenger identified as Shafi from Kozhikode promptly alerted the railway authorities about this. The accused did not have any identity cards or uniform of the ticket checking staff. The commercial control unit at Palakkad conveyed instructions to apprehend Niyas when the train arrived at Kanhangad station.

Accordingly, the railway protection force under the directions of assistant security commissioner (RPF) Palakkad, arrested Niyas for impersonating as railway ticket checking staff, with the help of the ticket checking squad and the passengers.

Considering the seriousness of the incident, P A Dhananjayan, senior divisional commercial manager, Palakkad directed that all the ticket checking staff of the division should wear their uniforms and identity cards during duty hours and the same should also be shown to the passengers on demand.

Palakkad division recorded an earnings of Rs 5.16 crore through ticket checking from April to December 2015. In order to ensure that onboard passengers possess proper travelling authority, the ticket checking activity has been intensified.