"The concerned channel owned up the mistake after both me and one of the organisers spokesman called them up. There cannot be any laxity on security on our part for matches in the city. It is against our principle," the CP said.

He said while police made inspection of the stadium on Thursday the rehearsal of force deployment would take place on Friday.

While the top cop declined to spell out the revised figure or the initial match fee claim by police, DC (headquarters) Vineet Goyal on Wedneday said the police demanded Rs 25 to 30 lakh for every IPL match to be played at Eden which was six times the standard fee and negotiable.

The policemen deployed will be in addition to regular personnel on duty. They will look after security at the playing arena, manage traffic around the venue, take care of VIPs and set up cordons around hotels where the players and the VIPs will put up.