Konkan Railway collects Rs 2.4 crore after detecting 42,645 unauthorised travellers in October 2025
Mangaluru: Konkan Railway Corporation Ltd. (KRCL) detected 42,645 unauthorised travellers during October 2025 and recovered Rs 2.4 crore from them as railway fare and penalties.
According to a KRCL release, these travellers were identified during 920 special ticket checking drives conducted across the Konkan Railway network.
Between April and September 2025, 5,493 such drives were carried out, resulting in 1,82,781 cases of unauthorised travel and recovery of Rs 12.81 crore in fares and penalties.
Konkan Railway has intensified ticket checking measures across its network to curb ticketless travel and ensure a safe, orderly, and comfortable journey for authorised passengers.
The corporation urged all travellers to purchase valid tickets before commencing their journey, noting that travelling without a proper ticket is a punishable offence. Ticket checking drives are expected to continue with enhanced focus across the entire route, the release added.
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Two arrested in K'taka for assaulting minors, uploading CSAM content
Bengaluru (PTI): Two men were arrested for allegedly sexually assaulting two minor girls, recording the acts on mobile phones and uploading the videos online as child sexual abuse material, police said on Thursday.
The accused have been identified as Kiran Kumar (29), hailing from Chitradurga district, and Aditya M K (20), hailing from Shivamogga district, they said.
A probe was initiated after information was received from the NCRP portal regarding a suspected instance of creation of Child Sexual Abuse Material (CSAM) for online dissemination, police said.
Accordingly, a case was registered at Kaggalipura Police Station under relevant sections of the IT Act on May 10, they added.
Investigation revealed that two minor girl victims were exploited and videos were created and uploaded to the internet. The child victims have subsequently recorded their statements as per procedure and further necessary legal steps have been taken, Pronab Mohanty Director General of Police, Cyber Command, said in a statement.
Based on the statements of the victims, the accused persons, who allegedly assaulted the minors, recorded the acts on mobile phones and uploaded the videos online, were arrested, he said.
Following the probe, sections 65(2) (rape) and 70 (gangrape) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, along with relevant sections of the POCSO Act, have been added to the FIR, police said.
Officials collected relevant information and on May 12, arrested the accused persons and seized three mobile phones belonging to them, in which the videos had allegedly been recorded, he said.
The accused were later produced before the court and taken into police custody for further investigation, he added.
According to him, in CSAM cases, police usually apprehend offenders who have downloaded such content or have kept them in their possession after obtaining them from elsewhere, usually the internet.
"The present case is one of the very few instances where content creators and uploaders have been apprehended," Mohanty added.
