The summons follows a complaint regarding the sale of purportedly fake tickets for the highly anticipated concert in Mumbai
The Mumbai Police has again summoned BookMyShow CEO Ashish Hemrajani amid a probe into alleged black marketing of Coldplay concert tickets.
Hemrajani, along with the company’s technical head, was earlier summoned on September 27 but failed to appear before the Economic Offenses Wing (EOW). These summons follow a complaint regarding the sale of purportedly fake tickets for the highly anticipated concert in Mumbai.
Coldplay Concert
The Coldplay concert in January has been clouded by concerns over ticketing scams on BookMyShow, the official ticketing partner for the event. Hemrajani was earlier summoned by Mumbai police after a preliminary inquiry was initiated in the case. BookMyShow has also lodged a police complaint in connection with the alleged sale of fake tickets for concerts on certain platforms.
BookMyShow said it is not associated with any ticket-selling or reselling platforms such as Viagogo and Gigsberg or third-party individuals to resell Coldplay’s Music Of The Spheres World Tour 2025 in India.
On Sunday, officials from BookMyShow went to meet Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis after the EOW summoned them in the Coldplay tickets case. However, they were unable to secure an appointment with him.
Ticket aggregator
The online ticket aggregator further appealed to people to not fall victim to these scams. Any tickets bought from unauthorised sources will be at the risk of the consumer and can turn out to be fake tickets.
This row comes as Coldplay is coming back to India after eight years. The band’s concerts are scheduled for January 18, 19 and 21, 2025 in Mumbai. The band will have shows at the DY Patil Stadium in Navi Mumbai.
