Cuttack, June 9: Cricket frenzy overtook the Millennium City ahead of the T20I match between India vs South Africa at Barabati Stadium on June 12 as the situation went out of control leading to a stampede like situation during the offline ticket sale on Wednesday.
By the time the nine counters opened, the area was already packed to the brim with more than 12,000 people jostling and pushing one another to get ahead in the queue to purchase tickets.
Situation went out of the control mostly at counter number 3 which was meant for women. The queues derailed and the women fans jostled and pushed one another leading to a chaos. Tension gripped the area as some of them even came to blows. Police had to resort to lathi charge to disperse the crowd to keep the situation under control.
