RPF busts fake TTE at Rampurhat station

In a midnight operation, the Railway Protection Force (RPF) of Eastern Railway foiled a impersonation scam at Rampurhat railway station in Birbhum, apprehending a man masquerading as a Traveling Ticket Examiner (TTE).

On 15 July, around 3.15 a.m, while patrolling a quiet Platform No. 1, Assistant Sub-Inspector spotted a man acting suspiciously. When confronted, the man confidently claimed to be an TTE under the Sealdah Division, even flashing a laminated Railway ID card. However, the ASI noticed inconsistencies on the card and immediately escorted the suspect to the Chief Ticket Inspector (CTI) office for a deeper interrogation.

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Under intense questioning, he was identified as Aryadeep Saha, a resident of 24-Parganas (North), West Bengal. Saha confessed that he was not a genuine railway employee and had actually boarded the Gour Express (13153 UP) from Sealdah, posing as an on-duty officer, before de-boarding at Rampurhat. A thorough search of his belongings uncovered a digital-age deception toolkit, including two counterfeit Railway ID cards labelling him as a Ticket Collector and a TTE, a duplicate Ticket Checking Authority letter forged for his journey and other items.

The accused confessed that he had used advanced Gemini AI tools to design and manufacture the highly convincing fake documents and identification cards. RPF officials established contact with Sealdah and Howrah headquarters, which officially confirmed that no such TTE existed on their payrolls. The accused along with the seized articles has since been handed over to the Government Railway Police (GRP) in Sainthia for legal action.