In a nationwide investigation, RPF has disrupted  the operation of illegal software called “Real Mango” used for cornering confirmed Railway reservation and initiated action against the nabbed criminals

In view of the apprehension of increase in touting activity after restart of the passenger services, drive against touts was intensified by Railway Protection Force (RPF) of Indian Railways which brought into light the operation of an illegal software called “Rare Mango” (later changed its name to “Real Mango”).

RPF have been able to apprehend around 50 criminals so far involved in operation of this illegal software and block live tickets worth more than Rs. 5 Lakhs.

What is 'Real Mango'?

Real Mango software is an illegal software developed to book Tatkal tickets over the IRCTC website.

How it works?

    1. Real mango software bypasses V3 and V2 captcha.

    2. It synchronizes bank OTP with help of a mobile app and feeds it to the requisite form automatically.

    3. The software auto-fills the passenger details and payment details in the forms.

    4. The software logs in to the IRCTC website through multiple IRCTC Ids.

    5. The illegal software is sold through five tiered structure: System Admin & his team, Mavens, Super sellers, Sellers and Agents.

    6. System admin is receiving payment in bitcoins which is a preferred mode of illegal transactions where the government has no control and restrictions.

(The author is a trainer for Civil Services aspirants. The views expressed here are personal.)