Chandauli: Two persons impersonating
as train ticket inspectors were Tuesday arrested at Mughalsarai railway station, police said here.
Shivshankar Jaiswal (35) of Jaunpur district and Ravi
Prasad (30) of Deoria district were both arrested from a
passenger train, they said.
The two posing as the TTEs were extorting money from
passengers on pretext of checking tickets and providing seats,
they said.
The gang include 14 members and Shivshankar was the
leader, they said, adding that they targeted passenger trains
running from Jaunpur, Ghazipur, Sonbhadra, Mirzapur and
Varanasi.
PTI
First Published: Tuesday, August 02, 2011, 15:24