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Mumbai Police Summons BookMyShow CEO Over Sale Of Fake Tickets For Coldplay Concert

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He claimed that the online ticketing platform deceived the public and Coldplay fans and is seeking a case to be registered against the company on fraud charges.

The Mumbai police have summonedĀ  BookMyShow chief executive officer and co-founder Ashish Hemrajani and the company’s technical head in connection to the alleged black marketing of tickets for shows of British rock band Coldplay.

The Mumbai Police’s Economic Offences Wing (EOW) has initiated an investigation on the complaint of an advocate, who accused the ticketing platform of facilitating the black marketing of tickets for the Coldplay concertĀ at the Navi Mumbai’s DY Patil Stadium, scheduled to be held from January 19 to 21, 2025.

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Advocate Amit Vyas filed a police complaint and alleged that Coldplay’s India tour tickets, priced initially at ā‚¹ 2,500, are being resold by third parties and influencers for as much as ā‚¹ 3 lakh.

He claimed that the online ticketing platform deceived the public and Coldplay fans and is seeking a case to be registered against the company on fraud charges.

The Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray) said that there appears to be a “nexus engaged in the black-marketing” of tickets for the Coldplay India concert and demanded a thorough investigation into the case.

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