Officials of the Pune Railway division on Monday, 2 January informed that they had apprehended a total of 18,234 people who were travelling without a ticket in the month of December itself, Hindustan Times reported. The officials statement noted that a fine amounting to a whopping ₹1.38 crore was levied against the 18,234 ticketless travellers in December. Further the officials also informed that a worrying 5,434 passengers were caught travelling in an unsafe manner. These people were fined ₹31.31 lakh. The Pune ticket checkers also confirmed that from April to December in 2022, a total of 2.56 lakh passengers were discovered to be travelling without a ticket, and a fine of ₹18.34 crore was recovered from them.
Officials of the Pune Railway division on Monday, 2 January informed that they had apprehended a total of 18,234 people who were travelling without a ticket in the month of December itself, Hindustan Times reported. The officials statement noted that a fine amounting to a whopping ₹1.38 crore was levied against the 18,234 ticketless travellers in December. Further the officials also informed that a worrying 5,434 passengers were caught travelling in an unsafe manner. These people were fined ₹31.31 lakh. The Pune ticket checkers also confirmed that from April to December in 2022, a total of 2.56 lakh passengers were discovered to be travelling without a ticket, and a fine of ₹18.34 crore was recovered from them.
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Verb : apprehended //ऐप्रिहेन्ड// [पकड़ा]
Definition: take into custody
Synonyms: bust,capture
Antonym: release, lose -
Definition: characterized by elegance or refinement or accomplishment
Synonyms: exceptional, expensive
Antonym: thick, coarse
