India, Feb. 27 -- The Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) has debroaded 203 unauthorised vendors from various long-distance trains departing Mumbai between January 31 and February 22, officials aware of the matter told Hindustan Times. The vendors were deboarded during a special drive which will continue till February 28, after which the IRCTC will decide on fines and other punitive action against the accused vendors and private contractors who may be involved, the officials said.

"The vendors were neither in uniform, nor carrying QR code-based identity cards issued to the staff of licensed contractors on trains," a senior IRCTC official said, requesting anonymity. "They were found selling food, tea, coffee, snacks an...