
Cuttack: Police probing into the India-Sri Lanka T20 match fake tickets case has got hold of enough evidence to nail a Bangalore-based company.
Deputy commissioner of police Akhileswar Singh said on Monday the company had printed 1,500 fake tickets and sold them to fans for the match on December 20.
"We have enough evidence now to file a chargesheet in the case against Vinay Karamcheti, the chief executive officer and director of Wolemt in the cheating and forgery case," Singh said.
Wolemt is a Bangalore-based company that operates online entertainment ticketing portal get2thegames.com.
Tickets of many of those who had bought tickets online and turned up for December 20 match did not have a seat number and the Cuttack DCP's signature. These people were not allowed to enter the stadium.
These duped fans demonstrated outside the stadium before the match.
The next day, police arrested Karamcheti for selling tickets without seat numbers and the DCP's signature and in the process cheating many cricket lovers.
Karamcheti was produced before the court of the sub-divisional judicial magistrate, Cuttack, on December 23. The court rejected his bail application and since then he has been in jail.
Investigations had revealed that the Odisha Cricket Association had hired Wolemt for printing 43,929 tickets (including 11,526 in form of complimentary passes) and selling 9,310 tickets online through get2thegames.com.
Documents seized from the Wolemt's office in Bangalore indicated that 1,500 extra tickets had been printed along with the legitimate 43,929 tickets. Police had identified the serial numbers of the fake tickets, the sources said.