By unusuma.lk on (LK time)
Deputy Minister of Transport Dr. Prasanna Gunasena recently revealed the details of a scam in which all the tickets for the Ella Odyssey train running to Ella were sold out in a very short period of 42 seconds and informed the police to initiate an investigation into the matter.
Through the investigation conducted in this regard, the Railway Department has been able to identify one of the main suspects involved in this train ticket scam.
The suspect in question is reported to be an officer at the Makumbura Railway Station.
This railway officer, who has started a private company in the name of a relative of his, has booked all the train tickets through a technological method.
It is learnt that the Rs 1200 train tickets were later sold to foreigners at a high price of Rs. 16,000 through the company he is affiliated with.
Action was taken to catch this fraud under the leadership of Deputy Minister of Transport Prasanna Gunasena and it is reported that the service of the officer in question has now been suspended.
