BookMyShow executive questioned over alleged Coldplay concert ticket scam

A police officer from the EOW stated, "We questioned Anil Makhija, COO of Big Tree Entertainment, for seven hours. We had summoned the CEO, Ashish Hemrajani, however he sent Makhija. We questioned him and are trying to understand the entire matter. He has given answers to our questions; we will analyse them and then decide the further course of action."

The investigation was prompted by a complaint filed by lawyer Amit Vyas, who alleged that BookMyShow, the official ticketing platform for the concert, had conspired with various black-market operators to hoard tickets. These tickets were subsequently made available at highly inflated rates on their websites.

Thousands of fans of the British rock band were left disappointed when tickets for its three January concerts in Navi Mumbai sold out within minutes earlier this week. The overwhelming demand caused the BookMyShow website and app to crash shortly before the tickets went live at noon on 22 September. Subsequently, several fans took to social media, reporting that tickets for the concert were being sold for lakhs of rupees on unofficial platforms.