NEW DELHI: Mumbai Police on Friday summoned the Chief Government Officer (CEO) of the father or mother firm and technical head of the ticket reserving platform BookMyShow in case of alleged black-marketing of tickets for the upcoming Coldplay live performance in Mumbai.
Mumbai Police’s Financial Offences Wing (EOW) has summoned CEO Ashish Hemrajani of Huge Tree Leisure Non-public Restricted and technical head to look earlier than the investigating officer on Saturday and report their statements, information company ANI reported.
The summons got here on the grievance of advocate Amit Vyas in regards to the alleged black advertising of the Coldplay live performance tickets.
The sale of tickets via BookMyShow began at 12 pm on September 22, however inside seconds, it was marred by technical glitches, and all tickets for 2 reveals have been bought out.
Later, Coldplay added a 3rd present to the Mumbai leg on January 21 citing “phenomenal demand” which was additionally bought out inside minutes.
Earlier, BookMyShow, the authorised ticketing associate for Coldplay’s upcoming live shows in Mumbai, had additionally filed a police grievance relating to the alleged sale of counterfeit tickets on varied platforms. The corporate had said that it was not affiliated with any ticket reselling web sites equivalent to Viagogo and Gigsberg, or people engaged in reselling tickets for Coldplay’s ‘Music Of The Spheres World Tour 2025’ in India.
In an announcement, BookMyShow strongly condemned the observe of scalping, which includes buying giant portions of tickets with the intention of reselling them at inflated costs. The corporate burdened that this observe is against the law in India and punishable by legislation. “Now we have filed a grievance with the police authorities and can present full assist to them within the investigation,” the assertion learn.
BookMyShow additionally cautioned followers in opposition to falling sufferer to those fraudulent schemes, warning that tickets bought from unauthorized sources might transform pretend and pose a danger to shoppers. The corporate urged followers to train warning and solely buy tickets via official channels to make sure the authenticity of their tickets.
Coldplay, the famend British rock band, is about to return to India after an eight-year hiatus, with live shows scheduled for January 18, 19, and 21 in Mumbai.
