ED Files Money Laundering Case Over Ticket Sales ‘Scam’ in Coldplay And Diljit Concerts
New Delhi: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) Saturday said it has detected alleged irregularities after it conducted raids in a money laundering case to probe "black marketing" of tickets for two "highly anticipated" music concerts by British rock band Coldplay and actor-singer Diljit Dosanjh.
The searches were undertaken on Friday at 13 locations in five states -- Delhi, Maharashtra (Mumbai), Rajasthan (Jaipur), Karnataka (Bengaluru) and Punjab (Chandigarh) -- after the federal investigation agency filed a criminal case under various sections of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA).
While the 'Dil-Luminati' concert by Dosanjh is scheduled to be held over the weekend on October 26-27 at the Jawaharlal Nehru (JLN) stadium in the national capital, the Coldplay event 'Music of the Sph...