26 fined for travelling without tickets

26 fined for travelling without tickets

A mobile court by Bangladesh railway has fined 26 passengers for travelling without tickets.

The executive magistrate and deputy secretary of the Ministry of Railways conducted the drive from around 10:30am to 1pm on Monday.

They fined a total of Tk4,600 from these 26 people.

Md Supiar Rahman, administrative officer of the Ministry of Railways, said: "Most of the people fined were travelling without tickets, and some have entered the platform illegally."

"The magistrate fined them according to the Railway Act, 1890," the admin officer added.