Overview
- The 25-year-old found an Instagram ad for IPL tickets and reached out to the seller.
- The seller posed as a senior supervisor at M Chinnaswamy Stadium, sent an email confirmation, and told him to collect tickets at Gate 10 to appear credible.
- He was pressed for extra payments for a refundable deposit, added ID cards, and meal coupons, pushing the total to about Rs 1.46 lakh.
- He paid in multiple transfers from his account and then his mother's account after hitting his limit, but no tickets or refund arrived.
- After he filed a complaint, Mahadevapura police and the cyber unit began tracing the recipient bank accounts, and officers issued a public advisory to stick to official ticketing channels.