13 drunk persons including GCA selector arrested during India/WI ODI

A scene outside the stadium on Monday when India/West Indies match was going on inside

Ahmedabad, 6 December, 2011

13 persons, including Lalit Patel, one of the selectors of the Gujarat Cricket Association (GCA), were arrested after they were trying to enter Ahmedabad’s Motera based Sardar Patel international cricket stadium in Ahmedabad in an inebriated condition during the India and West Indies tie, police said.

One Lalit Patel, a selector for the GCA’s under-22 and under-19 teams, was found along with 12 others in drunk condition, they said, adding that all were in three separate vehicles but belonged to the same group who was trying to check in at the gates of the stadium. Two liquor bottles were also found from one of the vehicles in which the accused were traveling, police said.

According to police, an FIR has been lodged against the accused who are in police custody and face further prosecution in accordance with the prohibition law in the state.

The accused tried to enter the venue in drunk state and even misbehaved with police.