WC ticket black marketing: BCCI gets notice on ticket sales for Sunday's match
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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, the Kolkata Police, who are investigating the case in the city, have sent a notice to the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) President, Roger Binny, seeking information on the process followed in online marketing of tickets.
The notice, which was issued late on Saturday evening, asked the BCCI president to submit relevant documents by November 7 to the officer of the Maidan police station who is investigating the complaints regarding black marketing of the tickets, a senior official said.
City police sources said that the decision to seek information from the BCCI president was taken after the investigating officers of city police questioned the officials of the Cricket Association of Bengal (CAB) and the online ticket marketing agency.
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It is learnt that during the course of interrogation on Saturday, the CAB officials have denied any kind of responsibility in the matter, since the association is in no way involved with the marketing of tickets which is being done through an online agency.
Kolkata Police has so far arrested 19 people and seized 108 tickets from their possession, all for Sunday's match, besides registering seven cases in connection with the black marketing of tickets.
The matter of ticket black marketing first surfaced after the police on November 1 evening arrested an individual red-handed while trying to sell tickets for the India-South Africa match scheduled on November 5.
Later, an individual filed a complaint with the Kolkata Police, accusing the BCCI, CAB and the BookMyShow of promoting black marketing of tickets for the ODI World Cup 2023.
With inputs from PTI
