Kolkata police issue notice to BCCI on ticket sales
The notice, which was issued late on Saturday evening, asked the BCCI president to submit documents to the officer of the Maidan police station who is investigating the complaints regarding black marketing of the tickets, he said.
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KOLKATA: Amid allegations of black marketing of tickets for Sunday’s World Cup cricket match between India and South Africa at Eden Gardens, Kolkata Police issued a notice to BCCI president Roger Binny seeking information on ticket sales for the event, a senior officer said.
The notice, which was issued late on Saturday evening, asked the BCCI president to submit documents to the officer of the Maidan police station who is investigating the complaints regarding black marketing of the tickets, he said.
“A notice was sent to the BCCI president, asking him to provide relevant documents and information regarding the sale of tickets either personally or through any competent person of his organisation to the investigating officer of Maidan PS during working hours on Tuesday,” the officer told news agency PTI.
Incidentally, while the cricket legend is the president, it is Union Home Minister Amit Shah’s son Jay Shah who is widely perceived as more influential as the secretary of the cricket body. Kolkata Police have so far arrested 19 people and seized 108 tickets from their possession, besides registering seven cases in connection.