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CBI techie nabbed over software that hacks Railways Tatkal ticket system

CBI techie nabbed over software that hacks Railways Tatkal ticket system      How do some travel agents manage to book confirmed railway tickets under Tatkal category, while thousands of passengers make unsuccessful bids on their computers or at reservation counters? Well, it seems it is all programmed. A software programmer of the anti-corruption agency CBI is alleged to be the brain behind one such illicit software which subverted the Railways reservation system, allowing the agents to book hundreds of Tatkal tickets at a single click of the mouse, officials said on Wednesday in New Delhi.   The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has arrested its assistant programmer Ajay Garg and his front, Anil Gupta, for developing and distributing the software to agents for a price, agency spokesperson Abhishek Dayal said. Besides Garg and Gupta, the agency has booked 13 others, including Garg's family members and travel agents. Garg's parents, wife,