Mumbai: Two commuters were booked, in separate instances, for posing as government officials and carrying bogus documentation to travel illegally on the Harbour line in the span of two weeks. Wadala Govt Railway Police (GRP) registered FIRs against the duo, one of whom posed as CBI official while another said he was a personnel officer with the East Central Railways. The police complaints were filed by Central Railway ticket checkers.In the latest incident on Dec 30, a ticket checker was examining tickets in the first-class coach of a CSMT-bound local around 1.20 pm. At GTB Nagar station, when the ticket checker asked to see an elderly commuter’s ticket, he said he was a govt staffer. At this, the ticket checker asked to see his identity card. The commuter flashed a plastic identity card with “CBI” on it. His name was mentioned as Badruddin Khan on the card, which had the words ‘Govt of India’ on it along with the official seal. The ticket checker sensed something amiss and demanded other supporting documentation. But the commuter responded that he was an officer on a special task and couldn’t disclose anything else. The Railway Protection Force (RPF) was alerted and the commuter was taken to their chowky.
On questioning, the commuter said he pretended to be a CBI official. He was eventually handed over to the Wadala GRP after it was confirmed that his documentation was fake. Khan was a Govandi resident.In another incident on Dec 22, a ticket examiner was checking tickets on a foot overbridge at Wadala station when a passenger said he was a railway employee. He was carrying an identity card around his neck which had “Govt of India” on it and “East Central Railway, Danapur division” underneath. The commuter’s name, Amol Godale, was on the card. Further, the card mentioned “senior personnel officer” and “commercial department, Bhabua station.” Godale’s address was listed as Nandurbar, Maharashtra. However, when quizzed for more details on his employment, Godale could not come up with a satisfactory response. He was handed over to the Wadala GRP where a case was registered.
