6,550 collected for unauthorised MMTS travel

Railway Protection Force personnel of Secunderabad Division carried out a drive against unauthorised people travelling in compartments reserved for women, physically challenged and First class in MMTS trains running on Secunderabad-Lingampalli, Secunderabad-Hyderabad and Hyderabad-Lingampalli sections.

In all, 134 persons were apprehended and produced in Railway Court at Secunderabad. The court imposed a fine of Rs 30,000 on these violators. They included footboard travelers, beggars and unauthorised hawkers. 22 people were also penalised for littering in railway premises or inside the trains and an amount of Rs 6,550 was collected from these offenders.