Mumbai: Central Railway chief TC spends Rs 33 lakh on video games, booked

The Central Railway chief ticket examiner Bhupendra Vaidya has been arrested by the Railway police for misusing the fine amount of Rs 33 lakh on video games. He was also dismissed from his duty.

"TC Vaidya was addicted to video games so much that he spent most of the money at video games parlour in Thane. The parlour operator confirmed this and informed that he was a regular customer. We arrested him on August 6 and also dismissed him from his service," said Navnath Rupavate, assistant police inspector, from Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus.

He further informed that Vaidya spent his entire salary playing video games, but after running out of cash, he misusing the fine money collected from the railway commuters who travelled without a ticket. "However, we let him go at first with a warning and gave him time to return the amount. But he failed to do so," Rupavate added. In December 2018, Vaidya was found responsible of spending Rs 33 lakhs, and CSMT railway police registered the FIR against him. However, Vaidya was suspended and recently he was dismissed from his duty too.

After filing the FIR, Vaidya returned Rs 5 lakh to the railway authority, but later he failed to pay back the rest of the amount. However, on July 6, he was arrested by CSMT police.