PANAJI
The Aam Aadmi Party (Goa) Amit Palekar bought a ticket for the Sunburn electronic dance music festival to prove to the government that the organizers were selling tickets despite uncertainty over the event’s venue and schedule this year.
In a complaint lodged at Panaji police station, Palekar demanded a First Information Report (FIR) against the organizers and promoters of Sunburn for alleged fraud, deception and cheating.
“I have paid an amount of Rs 2230.10 for a day ticket on December 28. I have been fraudulently and dishonestly deceived and induced by promoters of Sunburn events and Book My Show…the amount is credited to their account. The amount may seem minuscule with just one person but thousands of people have paid such amounts to them. The act of fraud and cheating has wide public ramifications as it plays fraud on the Goa government,” the complainant stated.
Palekar said the organizers are selling tickets to the public despite Chief Minister Pramod Sawant and Tourism Minister Rohan Khaunte on record that organizers have not applied for permission to hold any such event in Goa.
Khaunte even said it is for the persons who purchased tickets to lodge police complaints in this regard.
Urging police to investigate the genuineness of the companies collecting the payment, Palekar reiterated the demand to register an FIR against the Sunburn organizers and Book My Show. The Panaji police confirmed receiving the complaint pending registration of FIR.
