MUMBAI: A ticket checker (TC) with Central Railway achieved a record feat in the last 11 months with the recovery of more than Rs 1 crore in fines.

M M Shinde will be felicitated for his outstanding efforts in catching ticketless travellers and collecting a total of Rs 1.01 crore between January and November. "This will only encourage other TCs to catch more offenders and recover fines," chief commercial manager R D Sharma said. CR chief spokesperson Atul Rane said that on average, ticket checkers recover Rs 10 to Rs 15 lakh from ticketless commuters on suburban and long-distance trains.

"This is a record," he said. "Shinde also recovered fines from passengers travelling illegally in two-tier and three-tier AC cars. In May, he made the highest recovery of Rs 37 lakh as there are many ticketless travellers in summer."

Shinde also fined people for unbooked luggage in Diwali. When there were no trains to check, he would check tickets on platforms, said an official.

