Thanks to a growing demand for confirmed seats and an increase in RPF crackdowns, many touts are sourcing tickets from Bihar, UP and having them couriered to Mumbai by flight.Thanks to a combination of a skyrocketing demand for confirmed tickets and regular crackdowns by Railway Protection Force (RPF), more and more touts are opting to book tatkal train tickets from the interiors of Bihar and UP and send them via flight to Mumbai.One such consignment of 103 tickets, valued at Rs 3.44 lakh, was seized from Sahar Cargo, Andheri, on Tuesday. All the tatkal tickets seized were for journey on the same day - April 29.“Our team has intensified drives against touts and on Tuesday morning our anti-tout squad, RPF and vigilance teams nabbed two suspects and found 103 tickets, all booked under tatkal, worth Rs 3,44,061. Imran, 30, a resident of Kurla, and Pramod Shelar, 39, a resident of Parel, were booked for selling tickets illegally. They produced in court and remand in custory for five days,” said Alok Bohra, senior divisional security commissioner, RPF, Central Railway (CR).Bohra added that the 103 tatkal tickets were booked from different reservation counters across Bihar, including Gaya station (eight tickets), Ara station (12 tickets), Buxar (seven tickets) and were couriered by air. “It was while following a tip-off that our team got the information. They managed to nab the two, who led them to another person, Virendra Gupta, who was to distribute the tickets,” said Bohra, adding that the accused were being interrogated and their calls records traced to understand their methods.Another RPF official said most of the tickets were for north-bound trains such as LTT-Rajendra Nagar Patna Express, LTT-Gorakhpur Kushinagar Express, LTT-Chhapra Godan Express, LTT Partapgarh Junction Udyog Nagri Express, LTT-Darbhanga Pawan Express.“The modus is simple. There is a well-defined network, with people from Mumbai who co-ordinate with their counterparts in others states, especially UP and Bihar, from where they can get tatkal tickets a day in advance. The tickets are then quickly dispatched to Mumbai by flight. Their prices depands on demand - during this season, tickets can cost anywhere from Rs 1,000 to Rs 5,000,” said the official.