Tension prevailed near MA Chidambaram cricket stadium on Wednesday morning as police personnel had to resort to mild lathicharge to control cricket fans who had gathered to buy tickets for the upcoming match between Chennai Super Kings and Mumbai Indians on Friday.
Police try to manage the cricket fans at MA Chidambaram stadium on Wednesday
Chennai:
Temporary wooden barricades erected to streamline the queue collapsed and a few people fell on the road and sustained minor injuries. A heavy posse of police who had been deployed to control the crowd had to resort to mild lathi charge to disperse them.
A woman IPL fan complained that police personnel themselves bought tickets in bulk and allowed only those known to them to buy tickets.
Thousands of youngsters who stood in winding queues since midnight grew restless as the tickets were allegedly issued in a slow manner. While some claimed that only six tickets were issued in an hour, youngsters turned violent as the authorities announced that all the tickets were sold out within a few hours. As some hurled abuses at the authorities for cheating them, others attempted to bypass the queue, leading to a commotion.
Temporary wooden barricades erected to streamline the queue collapsed and a few people fell on the road and sustained minor injuries. A heavy posse of police who had been deployed to control the crowd had to resort to mild lathi charge to disperse them.
A woman IPL fan complained that police personnel themselves bought tickets in bulk and allowed only those known to them to buy tickets.