Information received through an RTI query has revealed that despite 30 reminders over the past eight years, the Mumbai Cricket Association (MCA) has not yet cleared a payment of more than '14.82 crore to the Mumbai police for providing security cover during matches in the city.

The matches include the Women's World Cup of 2013, T20 World Cup of 2016, a 2016 Test match, IPL of 2017 and an ODI match. The MCA has only paid '1.40 crore for the 2018 IPL in the past eight years. However, the security charges for the matches that took place from April 1, 2019 to March 31, 2020 has not been declared as the state government is yet to issue an order on the amount to be charged. The Mumbai police has claimed that till January 4 this year they sent 30 reminders to the MCA president and said they have also written a letter to the additional chief secretary of the Home Department on non-payment of charges by the association.