{"id":153089,"date":"2026-04-09T07:20:44","date_gmt":"2026-04-09T12:50:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/?p=153089"},"modified":"2026-04-09T07:20:44","modified_gmt":"2026-04-09T12:50:44","slug":"ipl-2026-ddca-director-anand-verma-alleges-ticket-fraud-in-delhi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/?p=153089","title":{"rendered":"IPL 2026: DDCA director Anand Verma alleges ticket fraud in Delhi"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Delhi and District Cricket Association director Anand Verma has alleged that valid ticket-holders are being denied access to IPL matches at the Arun Jaitley Stadium here by \u201cunauthorised persons\u201d who have obtained duplicate tickets through fraud, a charge that has been rejected by DDCA\u2019s top brass.<\/p>\n

In a complaint to the the Deputy Commissioner of Police (Central District), Verma alleged that he and his guests were prevented from entering the hospitality section of the stadium despite holding valid tickets for the April 4 game between Delhi Capitals and Mumbai Indians.<\/p>\n

He also claimed that the tickets assigned to him had already been used by \u201cunauthorised persons\u201d to access the facility.<\/p>\n

However, DDCA secretary Ashok Sharma termed it is a technical issue.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen the Complainant and his guests arrived at the designated entry gate of the stadium, they were illegally stopped and denied entry by the security personnel manning the entry point,\u201d stated Verma.<\/p>\n

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\u201cUpon enquiry, the Complainant was shocked to learn that the two complimentary physical tickets in his possession had already been scanned and used for entry by some unknown and unauthorised persons,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

Verma said after \u201cdiscovering this blatant fraud\u201d, he contacted Manan Gupta, the Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of DDCA, and apprised him of the illegal misuse of the tickets. Verma said he has also brought the issue to the notice of DDCA President Rohan Jaitley.<\/p>\n

\u201cMr. Manan Gupta, instead of taking immediate action, provided the complainant with the contact details of one Mr. Bhushan, who is stated to be the DDCA in-charge for handling all tickets…but no fruitful or satisfactory explanation was provided by him regarding the prior scanning and use of the tickets,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Ashok Sharma, on his part said the tickets\u2019 barcode was not read by the scanner due to a technical glitch, denying that it was a case of duplication of tickets.<\/p>\n

\u201cDelhi Capitals have communicated to us that it was a technical issue. Sometimes the scanner fails to read the barcode,\u201d the DDCA secretary told PTI.<\/p>\n

Verma said the \u201cmisappropriation of complementary tickets\u201d is an \u201cegregious breach of trust\u201d and also poses a security threat to the games here.<\/p>\n

\u201c…it demonstrates a complete breakdown of internal controls…the collusion of security personnel in this fraudulent activity is a matter of grave concern…Their complicity in allowing unauthorised individuals to gain entry by fraudulent means compromises the entire security apparatus of the stadium, posing a significant risk to public safety,\u201d Verma alleged.<\/p>\n

Delhi is scheduled hold five more matches in the ongoing tournament.<\/p>\n

Published on Apr 09, 2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\n


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Delhi and District Cricket Association director Anand Verma has alleged that valid ticket-holders are being denied access to IPL matches at the Arun Jaitley Stadium here by \u201cunauthorised persons\u201d who have obtained duplicate tickets through fraud, a charge that has been rejected by DDCA\u2019s top brass. In a complaint to the the Deputy Commissioner of…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":153090,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-153089","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IMG_Arun_Jaitley_Stadium_2_1_PHFGBO19.jpg","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pgnRh4-DPb","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/153089","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=153089"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/153089\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/153090"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=153089"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=153089"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=153089"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}