Railways conduct surprise checks against ticketless travel
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Rajya Sabha The number of surprise checks conducted against ticketless travel by Magistrates. The number of persons apprehended/prosecuted and the amount recovered by them zone-wise during the year 2007 (January to July 2007 - latest available) is as under: Railway  Zones Number of surprise checks conducted by Magistrates Number of persons apprehended/ prosecuted Amount of fare and fine recovered (in lakhs) Number of persons imprisoned for non-payment of fare and fine Central         432 13594   24.91 2034 Eastern                     2634 10394 16.04 1042 East Central      157 3720 7.06 822 East Coast        197 5013 4.88 72 Northern            581 8464 30.30 2490 North Central     951 12209   43.66 3747 North Eastern    1005 5637 13.50 2378 Northeast Frontier            120 589 0.88 151 North Western   595 602 0.63 163 Southern           444 25724   81.32             135 South Central                460 26233 26.78             118 South Eastern 145 4247 5.18 238 South East Central 1084 2814 2.87 50 South Western 30 70 0.45 12 Western            2089 12863   10.37 341 West Central     198 6355 33.01 3142 Total                11122 138528 301.84 16935 This information was given by the Minister of State for Railways Shri R.Velu in written reply to a question in the Rajya Sabha today. AKS/HK/CK/TR