Delhi Police busts fake IPL ticket racket, 5 arrested

Apr 13, 2023

New Delhi, April 13 (ANI): Central District Police busted a racket on April 12 that used to print fake tickets for IPL matches and apprehended five people, including three minors. They are all residents of Mumbai and used to visit cities that host IPL matches to sell fake tickets at prices twice or thrice the original rates. Case registered and further investigation underway. Speaking to ANI, “DCP (Central) Sanjay Kumar Sain said, “A special team was constituted. It first apprehended 3 people and seized 24 tickets from them. They were selling them at thrice the original rate. Later another person was caught and forged tickets were seized. A total of five people were then nabbed. They’re all residents of Mumbai and used to visit cities that host IPL matches to sell forged tickets at prices twice or thrice the original rates. A case has been registered here and further investigation is being done.”