Want To Buy An IPL Ticket? Better Have An Aadhaar Card!
This comes in the wake of the Bengaluru attacks.
In a first, Indian Premier League (IPL) match organisers DNA Networks and Bengaluru City Police have decided to make Aadhaar cards mandatory while buying match tickets. The move will help organisers keep a database of all the people who attended a match, and will ensure that in case of a crime, the police is able to track down culprits faster.
intoday.in
DNA Networks and city police got the Home Minister¡¯s consent on the idea at a recent meeting. They also met Aadhaar officials, who agreed to support the idea by supplying equipment such as fingerprint scanners.
The organisers had wanted to implement the system for the February 1 T20 match between India and England at the Chinnaswamy stadium. But with tickets already on sale, it may be too late. Besides, the organisers are yet to get all the equipment. And so, it is possible that the new security system will be activated from the coming IPL season.
cloudfront.net
A senior police officer explained the mechanism: While buying match tickets at the counter, a copy of Aadhaar card will have to be produced. The buyer¡¯s card number and fingerprint impression will be fed into the system and cross-checked for authenticity. Those who bought tickets online by giving their Aadhaar numbers will have to verify their identity through fingerprint impression at the time of ticket collection.
Home Minister G Parameshwara, City Police Commissioner Praveen Sood, representatives from DNA Networks, and Karnataka State Cricket Association had taken part in the meeting where this issue was discussed. Both the home minister and the commissioner were impressed by the security system proposed by the match organisers.
Once this system is in place, the police will have details of every person who bought tickets. If they want to track anyone down for misbehaviour or crime, it would be a lot easier now.
