Fans clash with police over World Cup tickets
Cricket fans clashed with police in Dhaka in the rush to buy tickets for the 2011 World Cup to be held in the sub-continent next month. The tickets went on sale on Sunday at 80 branches of the private City Bank and the state-owned Agrani Bank after the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) made 15,000 per-match available for the public. The fans, reportedly, were angered after being told that only 500 tickets would be sold per branch as a result of the strict scrutiny over buyers' identification papers. A few fans and a photographer are known to have suffered minor injuries in the protests.
"They raised slogans and held demonstrations. We dispersed the protesters and maintained calm," police inspector Shah Alam told AFP. Bangladesh will be hosting eight matches during the competition
outlaws... motivated by 'wants'
love it ...
All the people in the line for more than two days & someone even three days. Ticket goes on sale from 2nd January, 2011 at 10am local time but fans are on line from about 10am local time in 31st Dec, 2010 to make sure their ticket. One of my friend went for queue on 31st Dec, 2010 near about 11am local time while 356 person already in the queue. From that time he stayed there by rotation with other friends for lunch & other emergency purpose. When I talk to him yesterday in the morning still he is in the line. Oh my God..............
my God......look at the passion of these people, braving cold weathers and clashing with police......wow... see thts how a sport mad nation shud be, not the sad situation here......