Updated on Nov 8, at 3.42 p.m.

BCCI seeks copy of FIR in World Cup 2023 ticket black marketing case

The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has sought the copy of an FIR filed by Kolkata police in the case of Cricket World Cup 2023 match ticket black marketing case in the city. 

The BCCI has sought the copy of the FIR in reply to the Kolkata police’s notice to the board on Nov 5 seeking information on the process followed in online marketing of tickets.

The board authorities have claimed that going through the contents of the FIR will make things easier for them to reply to the queries made in the matter.

Updated on Nov 5, at 6.08 p.m.

The Kolkata Police, who are investigating the Cricket World Cup 2023 match ticket black marketing 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.

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 Cricket Association of Bengal (CAB) and the online ticket marketing agency. It is learnt the replies to the queries by the investigating officials have been sought from the BCCI president by Nov 7.

In the notice it has also been said that any authorised representative of BCCI, who might be even the BCCI president, should be present at the Maidan Police station with the relevant documents on this count by Nov 7.

It is learnt that during the course of interrogation on Nov 4, 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.

Till date, the police have arrested 22 people in connection with the matter, and seized a total of 127 tickets - all for today’s match of India Vs South Africa.

The matter of ticket black marketing first surfaced after the police on Nov 1 evening arrested an individual red-handed while trying to sell tickets for the India-South Africa match scheduled for today. 

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.

(Source: IANS)

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