Hyderabad, May 4 -- Three people were arrested by Uppal police on Sunday, May 3, for impersonating officials to obtain high-value tickets for the Indian Premier League (IPL) matches from the Hyderabad Cricket Association.

The three accused have been identified as Gattamaneni Ashok, 25, Kankanala Dinesh, 25 and Singamaneni Venumadhav, 26. All three hail from Andhra Pradesh.

The crime came to light while the police were on IPL Match bandobasth duty on Sunday. They received information that three individuals were selling tickets at high rates and nabbed them from a Mahindra Thar parked in the RGI stadium parking lot.

Upon searching them, police found five complementary tickets in their possession, each valued at Rs 22,000.

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