An IIT graduate built a faster railway booking app than IRCTC.. and ended up going to jail for it.
This is the story of S. Yuvarajaa, an IIT graduate engineer.
In 2016, he built two apps
- Super Tatkal
- Super Tatkal Pro
To Help people book Tatkal tickets before they sold out in seconds.
Anyone who has used IRCTC knows the pain:
- slow website
- payment failures
- captcha delays
- tickets disappearing instantly
So he created an app that automated and sped up the process.
The app became hugely popular and got Around 1 lakh+ users downloaded it.
Instead of charging users directly, the app used a “coin system”:
- 10 coins = ₹20
- every booking used 5 coins
Over 4 years, he reportedly earned around ₹20 lakh through the app.
But got into a huge problem that he was not an authorized IRCTC agent.
Railway authorities said the app was bypassing official systems and giving users unfair access to Tatkal bookings.
The Railway Protection Force (RPF) cyber cell investigated him, tracked the servers and payment trails, and arrested him in 2020.
After the arrest:
- both apps were removed from the Play Store
- legal cases were filed under the Railways Act
So Was he a hero or a villain?
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