The summons were issued concerning allegations of ticket scalping for the highly anticipated Coldplay concert at DY Patil Stadium, Navi Mumbai, set for January 2025.

Controversy surrounding the sale of tickets of Coldplay concert in Mumbai have escalated after Mumbai police issued a second summon to the BookMyShow CEO. Know the complete details of the controversy.

The summons by Mumbai Police comes after a complaint filed by Advocate Amit Vyas, who accused BookMyShow of facilitating the black marketing of tickets for the highly anticipated concert of British pop band Coldplay scheduled from 19 to 21 January 2025 at the DY Patil Stadium in Navi Mumbai.

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

Fans suspect that Coldplay might cancel its Mumbai concerts over black marketing of tickets and scalping at exorbitant rates.

Mumbai Police's Economic Offences Wing has reissued summons to Ashish Hemrajani, CEO of Big Tree Entertainment, and the company's technical head regarding allegations of black marketing Coldplay concert tickets.

Vyas said that he was already logged into the BookMyShow system before the ticket sale started at 12 pm on September 22. However he was logged out of the system as the sale went live.

After BookMyShow CEO Ashish Hemrajani and the online platform's technical head failed to appear in front of the Economic Offences Wing, the Mumbai Police issued fresh summons to them in the Coldplay concert ticket case.

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

Issue came to light when an advocate alleged that band's India tour tickets, originally priced at Rs 2,500, were being resold by third parties and influencers for Rs 3 lakh