Sheekha Bureau
Port Blair, Feb 18: It seems that a particular CSC operator at Port Blair has found backdoor in the online software which was developed for CSCs to book online ferry tickets through Common Service Centres in Andaman Nicobar Island.
As per rule Islanders get ferry tickets for Havelock at around Rs 50 while tourists have to pay somewhere around Rs 445 for a ferry ticket from Port Blair to Havelock.
As per highly placed sources recently an alert Tally Clerk has detected a possible fraud in issuance of Government Ferry tickets for Havelock sector by CSCs.
As per report the said Tally Clerk has detected as many as 22 tickets in one day, which were issued to tourists by a particular CSC at Port Blair, in Islanders’ fare, while the CSC centre has charged full amount of Rs. 445 (non-Islander fare) from tourist.
It seems the particular CSC centre has paid only Rs. 50 to government while the rest amount has been gobbled up by the CSC.
Luckily the passenger manifest, which is created by the software clearly showed that the tourists paid only Rs. 50 to government on which the Tally clerk detected the fraud.
Sources said that the matter has already been reported to senior officers of Shipping Services and soon a FIR might be lodged in this regard.
Being weekend, Official confirmation in this matter could not be obtained. Further details are awaited.
