Even after damn cheap monthly pass, people don't buy it and travel without ticket. There is in fact a section of people in our society who think travelling without ticket as a matter of show of strength, and consider that weak and coward persons who are afraid of the shaggy laws purchase tickets. Magistrate squad must record the activity and ones found at fault shall be given max. possible penalty with a compulsory jail sentence of appropriate duration.
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Incidences of corrupt practice of TTE allowing paxs to travel without tickets...
more... or without appropriate tickets, Protection to politicians and their coterie, misuse of trains by IR staff for their personal journeys etc all contribute to create an environment where law takes back seat. As a result IR lose revenue and genuine paxs are put to inconvenience.