दौड़ती है हिमालय तट से सागर, हमसफ़र हर राह पर, हवाई जहाज़ों को त्याग कर, करो अक्सर, भारतीय रेल में सफर. - Arpit P

a 1st hand experience of manipulation in CK booking,
inspite of all claims by railwas and massive clampdown on touts, fakes ids, etc. looting of Tatkal tickets is still rampant. here is an 1st hand narrative of my experience.
i approced a railways staff to book 1 3AC tatkal tickets in 12310 Patna Rajdhani, the employee swiftly agreed and demanded a premium of Rs 700 over the total fare.but said ticket may not be possible in rajdhani but he will surely get 3AC ticket in any of superior trains to patna.
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asked him about the modus operandi and he divulged with immense pride.
he said its very simple, he would simply add my name in the booking screen when any person turns up for 3AC Tatkal reservation to patna. So my name will be printed in the ticket along with persons specified on requisition slip.
And the person at the counter does not has to pay extra, nor does he need any of my id's or slips so no cctv can catch it, and auditing of requisition slips is very rare.