‘DECEIVING PASSENGERS’: 4 railway staffers suspended
Bangladesh Railway has suspended four of its staff members allegedly for deceiving passengers in Dinajpur Railway Station for three consecutive days.
The four showed all tickets of December 3-5 sold out, but an investigation found that many remained unsold.
“Despite having vacant seats, a notice was put up at Dinajpur station, saying all tickets were sold out… they cheated passengers and it was a conspiracy against Bangladesh Railway,” said a press statement of the railways ministry, issued yesterday.
The four are: Station Master Shankar Kumar Ganguli and booking assistants -- Abdul Al Mamun, Rezwan Siddique and Abdul Quddus.
Upon receiving the complaints, Railways Minister Nurul Islam Sujan ordered an investigation, and a probe found it true.
The team found that a notice was displayed at the station, stating that all tickets of December 3-5 were sold out. But the investigation showed that a total of 1,821 tickets out of 2,908 for December 3-6, were sold out and 1,105 remained unsold.
The four were found involved with the “conspiracy”.
Following directives of the minister, the four were suspended, said the press release.
People in local stations often fail to buy tickets online or from stations and have to resort to scalpers and end up purchasing tickets at a higher price. In many cases, railway staffers have been found involved with scalping.
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