REASI, May 16 -- In a continuing drive to ensure the safety, security, and proper regulation of activities on the Shri Mata Vaishno Devi (SMVD) track, District Police Reasi booked an unauthorized individual posing as a pony porter during routine patrolling at Ban Ganga Bridge near Geeta Mandir.

At around 2100 hours, patrolling police personnel intercepted a person acting as a Pithu (porter) and asked him to present his license or authorization card. The individual identified himself as Mohd Rafiq S/O Noor Jamal R/O Danga Kote, District Reasi.

Upon further inquiry, he failed to produce a valid registered service card required for pony operators. He admitted that he did not possess any authorized credentials and assumed he could operate und...