Overview
- Bengaluru’s Central Crime Branch on Friday arrested stadium canteen worker Chandrashekhar P after he was caught reselling tickets for the April 15 RCB vs LSG match at Rs 15,000 to Rs 19,000 each.
- Investigators say 181 tickets worth about Rs 17.52 lakh were bought via Ticketgenie through bulk corporate bookings and then diverted into the black market.
- Police identified company names used for bulk buys, including Swastik Heavy Engineering and Dharani Computers, and registered FIRs against managing directors linked to the purchases.
- The accused told police the tickets came from KSCA member Ganesh Parikshit, who is now absconding as officers conduct a search to locate him.
- CCB also traced a similar diversion pattern from the March 28 RCB vs CSK game, underscoring how corporate and hospitality allocations sit outside routine policing and can be rerouted before reaching real users.