The illegal software is sold through a five-tiered structure with the system administrator receiving payment in bitcoins,” the RPF D-G said at a presser in Delhi on Tuesday. “The software logs in to the IRCTC website through multiple IRCTC IDs. It also auto-fills the passenger and payment details in the forms, he said. In the course of systematic unravelling of the workings of the illegal software, it has been found that it bypasses captcha code, synchronises bank OTP with the help of a mobile app and feeds it to the requisite form to book tickets automatically. In view of the apprehension of increase in touting activity after the restart of passenger services, the drive against touts was intensified by the RPF.Ĭurrently, the Railways is running 230 special trains and 80 more are slated to start service across the country from 12 September. The phenomenon of touts cornering confirmed train tickets has been confronting the Railways for long.Ī coordinated and concerted drive has been launched by the public transporter to eliminate the menace so that genuine passengers get tickets in a hassle-free manner. Train tickets worth over Rs 5 lakh have been blocked during the operation. The software has now been fully decimated and the RPF has apprehended around 50 criminals so far across West Bengal, Assam, Bihar and Gujarat, the Director-General, Railway Protection Force, Arun Kumar, said. The information supplied by RPF helped CRIS/IRCTC to strengthen security features in PRS system due to which the softwares stopped functioning at that time, the RPF DG said.Continuing with the crackdown on touts involved in a rail ticketing racket, the Railway Protection Force (RPF) has busted an illegal software operation called “Real Mango” - used for cornering confirmed train reservation during the coronavirus pandemic. It has also disrupted many illegal softwares like ANMS/ Red Mirchi/Black TS, TikTok, I-Ball, Red Bull, MAC, N-GET, Cycle, Star-V2 etc. Various operations by the RPF during the coronavirus pandemic have led to the arrest of 994 touts and advance tickets worth Rs 87.70 crore have been blocked.

“RPF units of North Central Railway (NCR), Eastern Railway (ER) and Western Railway (WR) apprehended some suspects and initiated the process of understanding and unravelling the operation of RareMango/Real Mango software,” he said.

“Operation of an illegal software called ‘Rare Mango’ (whose name was later changed to ‘Real Mango’) was revealed on August 9 during action against touts by the field units of RPF,” he said. Kumar said in view of the apprehension of increase in touting activity after restart of the passenger services, the drive against touts was intensified by the force. The first red flag was when it was discovered that the developer of the software used YouTube to advertise his product and an analysis of the data of the popular video sharing platform led to key members of the gang. The software has now been fully decimated,” Kumar said. “Five key operatives of the illegal software have been arrested from West Bengal. The illegal software is sold through a five-tiered structure with the system admin receiving payment in bitcoins,” the Director General, Railway Protection Force (RPF), said at a press briefing.įield units of RPF have been able to apprehend 50 people so far, including the system developer who was the kingpin and key managers involved in the operation of the illegal software and block live tickets worth more than Rs 5 lakh, he said. “The software logs in to the IRCTC website through multiple IRCTC Ids. In the course of systematic unravelling of the working of the illegal software, it has been found that it bypasses captcha, synchronises bank OTP with the help of a mobile app and feeds it to the requisite form to book tickets automatically. The Railway Protection Force has disrupted the use of illegal software ‘Real Mango’ for cornering confirmed train reservation during the coronavirus pandemic and made 50 arrests in an investigation spanning West Bengal, Assam, Bihar and Gujarat, RPF DG Arun Kumar said Tuesday.

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