RANGPUR, Feb 22, 2019 (BSS) – Four teams of Bangladesh Railway (BR) have
penalised 565 passengers of four intercity trains Taka 2.59-lakh for
traveling without tickets from different stations under its Lalmonirhat
Railway Division.
“As per directives of General Manager for Western Zone of BR Shahidul
Haque Khondker, we conducted the special ticket checking drives from morning
to night on Thursday,” Lalmonirhat Divisional Traffic Superintendent (DTS) of
BR Shawkat Jamil Mohoshi said today.
During the drives, the four teams of BR officials found 565 passengers
of intercity trains ‘Lalmoni Express’, ‘Ekota Express’, ‘Rangpur Express’ and
‘Drutojan Express’ travelling without tickets on different routes and fined
them Taka 2.69-lakh on the spots.
Lalmonirhat Divisional DTS of BR Shawkat Jamil Mohoshi, its Additional
DTS Md. Sajjat Hossain, Traffic Inspectors Monwar Hossain and Md.
Shamsuzzaman lead the four special ticket checking teams during the drives.
“The special ticket checking drives will continue on different trains on
various routes under Lalmonirhat Railway Division in future,” Shawkat Jamil
Mohoshi added.