Hyderabad Cricket Affiliation (HCA) president Jagan Mohan Rao was arrested by the Crime Investigation Division (CID) right here on Wednesday.
This growth follows the submission of the Vigilance and Enforcement Wing’s report back to the State authorities concerning alleged irregularities associated to ticket allocation and governance throughout the HCA throughout the 2025 Indian Premier League (IPL) season.
A preliminary report reportedly validated critical allegations levelled by Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) in opposition to the HCA, which included intimidation, coercion, and blackmail over complimentary tickets and company bins.
The franchise alleged that Rao locked a company field hours earlier than SRH’s match in opposition to Lucknow Tremendous Giants on March 27 on the Rajiv Gandhi Worldwide Stadium and demanded 20 further complimentary tickets. It claimed that Rao’s actions violated the tri-party settlement with SRH, HCA, and BCCI, which allocates 3,900 complimentary tickets (10 per cent of stadium capability) to the affiliation.