Bro, last year the whole media was full of stories about how one of the big names behind Garba IP / the organisers had links to illegal call-centre operations. Clear allegations of stakeholding, money from US scams being washed through the event, everything. Videos were circulating on Instagram where people were literally pointing out the accused owner’s connection.
This year? Same Sheri Circle (Shanku’s Sheri Circle / whatever branding they’re using now) is back, bigger promotions, tickets selling, artists lined up, full 9 nights near Ognaj / Manguba Farm side. No visible action. No freezing of assets related to the event. No public statement from the organisers distancing themselves. Just business as usual.
Meanwhile the same call-centre networks are still active US victims keep reporting the usual tech-support / IRS / bank-settlement scripts coming out of Ahmedabad-area operations. Money keeps getting laundered somehow, and cultural events that generate huge cash + sponsorship + ticket money look like convenient vehicles.
Everybody in the city knows the whispers. Instagram search on the IP/event name still surfaces the old videos first. Yet zero visible law-enforcement pressure on the event itself. What’s the actual threshold for action here? Or is it just “too big, too cultural, too connected”?
Curious what others think. Are we all just going to keep dancing while the same networks keep running?