About two weeks back, railway officials had been befuddled by the claims made by a ticketless traveller, who claimed that he possessed a pass authorised by an adivasi king to travel in suburban and long distance trains for free. Yesterday, the Railway Court solved the mystery within minutes, asking the man – Nallasopara resident Kailash Gupta to pay a fine of Rs 500 as penalty for ticketless travelling. His was asked to either pay up or face imprisonment.

The pass that Kailash Gupta had produced, which he claimed gave him the right to travel free of cost in suburban and long distance trains