An Anti-Rowdy Squad and Detective Department team on Wednesday, November 20, arrested six persons during a drive against black marketing of tickets ahead of India’s first-ever Day-Night Test beginning here from November 22.
When arrested, the marketers were found to have around 38 tickets in possession.
“A Detective Department team, which was keeping watch around the Eden Gardens, conducted a drive against black marketing of tickets for the upcoming Test between India and Bangladesh.
“During the drive, six persons were arrested for black marketing tickets. Thirty-eight tickets were seized from their possession,” said city police Joint Commissioner (Crime)Murlidhar Sharma.
The accused were later taken to Maidan police station for prosecution, Sharma said.
“There has been a phenomenal sale in the Test Cricket Ticket after a long time. As per official data from the box office, the tickets for the first three days have been completely sold out.” On being asked, about the black marketing of the ticket, he said, “We are not aware of this (blacking of ticket). However, we have asked the box office to be careful about not selling tickets to black marketers,” Honorary Joint Secretary of Cricket Association of Bengal, Debarata Das was quoted as saying by eNewsroom.
He further said, “We have taken care to ensure that the ticket is distributed carefully. We first gave tickets to the life members, then associate members, then clubs and universities. As for the sale, we can’t monitor the online or box office sale. But it feels good to see so much interest in test cricket once again.”
With inputs from IANS
