Three arrested for altering train tickets in Coimbatore

Three youths have been arrested at the city railway station, for altering tickets, so that that they could travel to Patna.According to railway protection force sources, the youths--two hailing from Bihar and another from Jharkhand--were taken into custody this afternoon, when they were trying to cancel one ticket.   The youths had purchased four tickets in unreserved compartment from the city to Tirupur. After erasing Tirupur, they managed to enter the destination as Patna in the computerised tickets, the sources said.    Unfortunately, the fourth person cancelled the trip and wanted to get the refund.The person at the ticket counter noticed the alteration and on checking, it was found that the ticket was upto Tirupur,the sources said.The booking clerk immediately alerted the Railway protection force, who, who after interrogation handed them over to police, they said..