Coldplay is about to carry out at Mumbai’s DY Patil Stadium in January 2025 (File picture)
Mumbai:
The BookMyShow chief govt officer and co-founder Ashish Hemrajani and the corporate’s technical head have been summoned by Mumbai Police over the alleged black advertising of tickets for reveals of British rock band Coldplay, an official mentioned on Friday. The Mumbai Police’s Financial Offences Wing (EOW) has initiated a probe on the criticism of an advocate, who accused the ticketing platform of facilitating the black advertising of tickets for the Coldplay live performance on the Navi Mumbai’s DY Patil Stadium, scheduled to be held from January 19 to 21, 2025.
Mr Hemrajani and the BookMyShow’s technical head have been requested to report their statements on Saturday, the official mentioned.
The advocate, Amit Vyas, filed a police criticism and alleged that Coldplay’s India tour tickets, which had been initially priced at Rs 2,500, are being resold by third events and influencers for as a lot as Rs 3 lakh.
He alleged that BookMyShow deceived the general public and Coldplay followers, and is searching for a case to be registered in opposition to the corporate on fraud expenses.
The EOW has already recorded Mr Vyas’ assertion and has recognized a number of brokers concerned within the alleged ticket scalping.
Uddhav Camp On “Black-Advertising and marketing” Of Coldplay India Live performance Tickets
The Opposition Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray) mentioned that there seems to be a “nexus engaged within the black-marketing” of tickets for the Coldplay India live performance, and demanded a radical investigation into the case.
“The tickets had been reportedly offered out inside minutes of being made out there on-line, which left many real followers disillusioned… It seems that there could also be a nexus engaged within the black-marketing of tickets, exploiting the passion of younger followers who’re prepared to spend massive quantities of their dad and mom’ hard-earned cash to attend this live performance,” Shiv Sena (UBT) spokesperson Anand Dubey mentioned in a letter to Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde.
“I imagine that together with your intervention, applicable measures will be taken to forestall such incidents,” he instructed Mr Shinde.
A member of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Celebration (BJP) additionally alleged the organisers of the Coldplay India live performance had been “engaged” within the black advertising of the tickets.
“Whoever is concerned on this matter ought to be in jail. We is not going to enable any black advertising within the state,” BJP spokesperson Ram Kadam mentioned.
BookMyShow had crashed when the sale for Coldplay’s Mumbai live performance started on September 22. The British rock band, which is able to return to India after an eight-year hiatus, had then added a 3rd present to the Mumbai leg of the “Music of the Spheres World Tour 2025”.