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While the government has cancelled permit of one of the companies to operate choppers in Kedarnath, investigation against another is still on.So far, six people have been arrested on charges of black marketing of helicopter tickets. Dehradun: Rudraprayag police, which is probing allegations of black marketing of helicopter tickets to Kedarnath , has found evidence that two private aviation companies have committed ‘financial irregularities’ in the bookings of the tickets.Superintendent of police (Rudraprayag) Prahlad Narayan Meena said, “Both companies have not been maintaining their accounts properly. During investigation, we found out that there is a mismatch between their accounts and number of tickets sold.”Meena further said that prima facie it appears that the companies were selling tickets for cash and not showing it in their records..