New Delhi, March 05: A sting operation carried out by a news channel at the Hockey World Cup venue here today purportedly showed a policeman on camera selling tickets in the black market, prompting police to initiate an inquiry into it.
The channel showed a policeman identified as Rohtash posted outside Major Dhyan Chand National Stadium allegedly selling tickets — Rs 500 tickets for Rs 1,000 and Rs 100 tickets for Rs 500.
The incident was captured minutes before the scheduled match between India and Spain on Thursday. The footage shows the policeman taking people inside the stadium without any checks so that he could sell them the tickets, the channel claimed.
“Rohtash sold tickets Rs 500 ticket for Rs 1000 and Rs 100 tickets for Rs 500.
–Agencies