A software engineer from Bengaluru and a digital marketing executive from Hyderabad were nabbed for selling IPL tickets in the black market by the North Zone Task Force team, along with Gopalapuram police of Hyderabad. Officials said that the duo would buy tickets in bulk through multiple email IDs and would sell them for higher rates in WhatsApp groups for cricket fans.
The men, Chittoor Ramana, 27, a resident of Bengaluru, and Nyalakanti Samuel Susheel, 29, from Hyderabad, were found in possession of 101 IPL tickets of the Sunrisers Hyderabad and Royal Challengers Bengaluru match on April 25 in Uppal, Hyderabad.
“Ramana, a techie, was earlier arrested by the Chennai police for a similar offence during the ODI World Cup. He met Samuel through a WhatsApp group for cricket fans and they hatched a plan to sell tickets in black, given the huge demand for it during this IPL season,” explained the DCP of Commissioner’s Task Force, S. Rashmi Perumal.
