The officers of cyber police of city’s crime branch on Monday arrested a man for allegedly booking online tickets from the Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation Limited (IRCTC) website using fraudulent means. The accused had used special software, through which he would make numerous bookings in Tatkal, within minutes, resulting in non-availability of tickets to other passengers.
The arrested has been identified as Suraj Yadav, a railway ticket agent. According to the police, the complaint was registered by an executive working in the IRCTC IT department . The complaint stated that, between April 1 and April 25, the accused had booked 44 tickets through website.