Western Railway on Thursday said they had now started posting all-night ticket-checking squads at stations to increase vigil and curb nuisance of ticketless or unauthorised travelling during the night hours.

Terming it the Batman Squad, the team members have already begun their drive and have apprehended more than 2,300 ticketless travellers and detected other cases during the first two nights of the start of the initiative. During the nights of March 11 and 12, the squad collected a fine of almost Rs 6.30 lakh. Operating in the night at odd hours, the members of the Batman Squad patrol WR stations with a mission.