Black marketing of World Cup tickets: Kolkata police summon BCCI, CAB officials
The police over the last few days have arrested people for allegedly selling tickets of the India-South Africa match on Sunday in the black market.
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On Tuesday, match tickets worth Rs 2,500 were being sold for Rs 11,000 each. (Express photo) The Kolkata police have summoned the Board of Control for Cricket (BCCI) and Cricket Association of Bengal (CAB) officials for questioning in connection with a complaint of alleged black marketing of World Cup match tickets meant for the general public.
“It has been alleged that certain officials of the BCCI, along with officials of the CAB and the online portal BookMyShow, has purposefully put aside a large chunk of the tickets meant for the general public, making those available to the black marketers for the purpose of their personal gains,” said a senior police official.
The Kolkata police received a complaint at Maidan police station from a fan who alleged that owing to the connivance of the online portal BookMyShow, along with the officials of CAB and the BCCI, the general public is not getting tickets for the match to be played at Eden Gardens between India and South Africa on November 5.
Based on the complaint, a case was filed at the Maidan police station and an investigation is in progress. The police have issued a notice to the CAB seeking the appearance of a competent official aware of the development of the situation. They were summoned to the police station Thursday at 2 pm.
“A notice has also been served to the official of BookMyShow seeking the appearance of their concerned official at Maidan police station tomorrow to assist the police in the investigation of the alleged matter,” added an official.
In the last few days, two people were arrested for selling tickets at exorbitant prices. One was arrested Wednesday at 3 pm. The anti-rowdy squad intercepted one Gunjan Chatterjee, 24, near Mohammedan Sporting Club cricket ground while he was selling the tickets for the India-South Africa match to the general public at a high price. Tickets of Rs 900 were being sold for Rs 4,000. The police recovered 16 tickets from his possession. A preliminary inquiry revealed that he purchased the tickets online from two people who are residents of Mumbai.
On Tuesday, match tickets worth Rs 2,500 were being sold for Rs 11,000 each. One Ankit Agarwal, 32, a resident of New Alipore, was intercepted when he was selling the tickets in black. The police seized 2 tickets from his possession.
In October, three people were arrested in connection with cricket betting.
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