Coldplay is ready to carry out at Mumbai’s DY Patil Stadium in January 2025 (File photograph)
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 and marketing of tickets for reveals of British rock band Coldplay, an official stated on Friday. The Mumbai Police’s Financial Offences Wing (EOW) has initiated a probe on the grievance of an advocate, who accused the ticketing platform of facilitating the black advertising and marketing 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 file their statements on Saturday, the official stated.
The advocate, Amit Vyas, filed a police grievance and alleged that Coldplay’s India tour tickets, which have 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 in search of a case to be registered in opposition to the corporate on fraud fees.
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” Of Coldplay India Live performance Tickets
The Opposition Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray) stated 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 have been reportedly bought out inside minutes of being made accessible 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 keenness of younger followers who’re keen to spend giant quantities of their dad and mom’ hard-earned cash to attend this live performance,” Shiv Sena (UBT) spokesperson Anand Dubey stated in a letter to Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde.
“I imagine that along with your intervention, applicable measures could be taken to stop such incidents,” he informed Mr Shinde.
A member of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Occasion (BJP) additionally alleged the organisers of the Coldplay India live performance have been “engaged” within the black advertising and marketing of the tickets.
“Whoever is concerned on this matter must be in jail. We is not going to enable any black advertising and marketing within the state,” BJP spokesperson Ram Kadam stated.
BookMyShow had crashed when the sale for Coldplay’s Mumbai live performance started on September 22. The British rock band, which can 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”.