Ahmedabad: Two men from Rajasthan have been arrested for allegedly cheating people by selling counterfeit tickets to popular garba events in Ahmedabad and other places. The duo allegedly used names and logos of around 25 well-known garba organisers.City cybercrime police arrested Virendra Singh Rajput (21), a resident of Jodhpur, and Kishan Singh Rathod (22), from Sikar in Rajasthan. One of the accused allegedly created and operated an Instagram account named ‘Veer Rajput’ to advertise ‘discounted’ garba passes. He also created fake email IDs resembling those of event organisers to issue counterfeit tickets and collect money from unsuspecting buyers.The case was registered at the cybercrime police station on Thursday.One of the complaints concerned counterfeit tickets for the Anant Brahmand event held on Oct 14 at a venue on Rancharda-Thol Road. Organisers had begun online ticket sales on Aug 19 through their official website, with passes priced between Rs 4,000 and Rs 10,000.On Oct 12, a person contacted the organisers through their official Instagram account, seeking verification of a ticket purchased for Rs 3,100 from another Instagram account. The buyer shared a screenshot of the ticket’s QR code and a confirmation email. The organisers found that the ticket was fake and that the email had come from an unauthorised address.The following day, another customer alerted the organisers after receiving a WhatsApp message from an unknown person offering a pass priced at Rs 6,000 for Rs 2,000. The organisers advised the customer against buying it and approached cops.The probe is looking into the extent of the fraud and tracing others involved.