In separate incidents this week, police arrested two ticket touts with 30 tickets in their possession in Chittagong city.
The Government Railway Police (GRP) arrested an alleged ticket tout early yesterday from Chittagong Railway Station area with five tickets for different train routes for July 23 and 24.
Mohammad Abdullah, 30, was taken into custody by the railway police at the GRP Outpost in the station. A case was filed with the outpost against him, said Officer-in-Charge Yiasin Faruk.
They nabbed Abdullah from the station premises around 9am following a tip-off, said the OC.
Earlier, on Monday, the Detective Branch of Chittagong Metropolitan Police arrested another ticket tout, Abdur Rahim, 38, with 25 tickets for Turna Nishita, Mohanagar Godhuli and Paharika Express for July 21-24 from the port city’s Reazudd in Bazar area.
Recently, an intelligence report listed the names of 48 possible ticket touts. The list includes 11 personnel of Railway Security Force and three booking clerks at the railway station, apart from the professional touts.