Coldplay Concert Tickets Row: Book My Show CEO Seeks More Time To Appear Before Mumbai Police

New Delhi: Big Tree Entertainment and Book My Show CEO Ashish Hemrajani, who has been been summoned by the Mumbai Police for questioning over the alleged issue of black marketing of tickets for the upcoming British rock band Coldplay concert in Mumbai in January 2025, has sought more time to appear before the investigating agencies.

The Economic Offences Wing (EOW) of the Mumbai Police has sought the data of the people who bought tickets for the Coldplay concert.

The probing agency is also seeking help from cyber crime team of the Mumbai police for the technical investigation of the servers of Book My Show. EOW is also looking if there's any international link to the case. 

The agency is further probing how did ‘Viagogo’ – online market place company – got the access of the tickets.

The Mumbai police earlier recorded the statement of the chief operating officer of online ticket aggregator BookMyShow in connection with a complaint alleging black marketing of tickets for shows of Coldplay, an official said today.'

Anil Makhija, COO of the company, appeared before officials of the Economic Offences Wing (EOW) on Monday to record his statement, the official said.

The EOW had on Saturday summoned BookMyShow's chief executive officer (CEO) Ashish Hemrajani in connection with a complaint by an advocate accusing the ticketing platform. However, he failed to appear before the police, he said.

The highly-anticipated Coldplay concert in Mumbai in January 2025 has been clouded by concerns about ticketing scams on BookMyShow, as millions of fans scrambled for a limited number of tickets.

The band has three shows at the DY Patil Stadium in Navi Mumbai on January 18, 19 and 21 next year as part of its “Music of the Spheres World Tour 2025”.

With inputs from PTI