RAB detains five people for black marketing train tickets in Dhaka

Rapid Action Battalion has detained five men from the city’s Kamalapur Railway Station for alleged black marketing of train tickets ahead of Eid-ul-Azha.

Acting on a tip-off that a group was selling tickets of different trains at inflated prices taking advantage of the Eid rush, a Rab-3 team conducted a drive at the railway station at 8:45pm Monday and detained the five.

The detainees were identified as Md Liton Mia, 37, Md Shah Lam, 34, Md Imran, 20, Md Abu Taher, 26, and Md Zahidur Rahman Shakib, 40, RAB-3 said in a release Tuesday.

Four train tickets and Tk 6,927 in cash were seized from the detainees, said RAB-3. During questioning, the accused admitted to the crime.

Legal action would be taken against the detainees, said the release.

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