Police in India's financial capital Mumbai have sought a statement from the CEO of a ticketing platform that sold the tickets to a Coldplay concert in the city, after complaints that many tickets were sold in the black market,

Coldplay's Mumbai concert in January 2025 sold out in minutes, leaving many fans disappointed. Soon after, tickets appeared on the black market at sky-high prices. Now, BookMyShow’s CEO has been summoned by Mumbai Police over an alleged ticket scam, leading to rumours that the concert might be cancelled.

The British pop-rock band is set to perform in Mumbai on January 18-19, 2025. Tickets went on sale on September 22 at noon and sold out immediately. Following a complaint from an advocate regarding the ticketing platform,

The Mumbai Police's Economic Offences Wing summoned Big Tree Entertainment CEO Ashish Hemrajani over alleged black market sales of Coldplay concert tickets. COO Anil Makhija appeared instead.

Mumbai Police summons BookMyShow CEO for questioning in Coldplay concert ticket black marketing investigation.

This is the second summons, as neither Hemrajani nor the technical head appeared before the agency after they were issued the first notice on September 27.

The investigation was launched after a complaint by advocate Amit Vyas, who accused BookMyShow of facilitating the unauthorised resale of tickets for Coldplay's concert

The Economic Offences Wing of the Mumbai police has summoned Ashish Hemrajani, CEO of Big Tree Entertainment, which is the parent company of BookMyShow over the