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,

Anil Makhija, COO of Big Tree Entertainment, faced Mumbai Police over allegations of ticket manipulation for Coldplay's concert.

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.

Anil Makhija, the Chief Operating Officer (COO) of Big Tree Entertainment, the parent firm of BookMyShow, appeared before the Economic Offences Wing (EOW) of the Mumbai Police today. This is part of an ongoing probe into claims of ticket fraud for the much-anticipated Coldplay concert in Mumbai.

Mumbai Police’s EOW summoned Big Tree Entertainment CEO Ashish Hemrajani and the technical head for questioning regarding alleged black marketing of Coldplay concert tickets. They failed to appear on Sep 27 and must now present themselves to the investigating officer.

The Economic Offences Wing of Mumbai police has issued a second summons to BookMyShow CEO Ashish Hemrajani and the technical head regarding an alleged

#WATCH | Coldplay concert tickets black marketing | COO Anil Makhija, of Big Tree Entertainment Private Limited - the parent company of BookMyShow, arrived at Mumbai Police's EOW office. EOW had sent summons to CEO Ashish Hemrajani, asking him to appear before them today. But… https://t.co/QHYoKRF6e1 pic.twitter.com/pYIn29rRVQ

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 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.