Fans staged a protest in Visakhapatnam on Thursday alleging that 'Baahubali tickets have been sold in black at Minister Ganta Srinivas Rao's Office for Rs 500 each.

Ganta's Office on Friday condemned all the allegations saying the reports of black-marketing are just baseless rumours.

In reality, Black-Marketing is rampant all over the Telugu States. People want to cash on the humongous craze of 'Baahubali' by selling the tickets for unbelievable prices.

In Visakha district alone, Rs 25 & Rs 50 tickets of 'Baahubali' are sold out for Rs 1000 each and Rs 2,000 to Rs 4,000 respectively. Fans weren't happy with the attitude of the distributors and theatre owners. Protests were staged in several areas as very few tickets were sold over the counter.