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The Calcutta High Court is to perceive 3 nationalist involvement litigation (PILs) petitions seeking probes by Central investigating agencies into the unit and vandalism that unfolded during an lawsuit featuring Argentinian footballer Lionel Messi successful Kolkata’s Salt Lake Stadium.
A Division Bench of the Calcutta High Court, comprising Acting Chief Justice Sujoy Pal, connected Monday (December 15, 2025) allowed the filing of 3 PILs connected the incident. The petitioners see Leader of Opposition of West Bengal Assembly and BJP person Suvendu Adhikari, advocator Sabyasachi Chatterjee, and advocator Mainak Ghosal.
In the PILs, the petitioners person sought the court’s involution successful transferring the probe from the West Bengal Police to Central investigating agencies similar the Central Bureau of Investigation and Serious Fraud Investigation Office (SFIO) to analyse the mismanagement that led to the chaos, and the monetary dealings down the event.
Thousands of shot fans were near disgruntled aft allegedly not getting a presumption of Messi connected Saturday, (December 13, 2025), contempt having tickets for the Kolkata limb of Messi’s G.O.A.T India tour. Fans alleged that the shot prima made a precise little appearance, surrounded by “a ample assemblage of VIPs” who allegedly blocked the presumption of the audience.
Venue vandalised
Violence erupted among the fans soon aft and the venue was vandalised by a conception of the audience. As of December 15, 5 spectators person been apprehended by Bidhannagar Police successful transportation with the chaos and unit that erupted astatine Salt Lake Stadium.
The main organiser, Satadru Dutta, was besides arrested and remanded to 14 days of constabulary custody. Mr. Dutta’s manager, Laltu Das, and 5 radical from the organising and lawsuit absorption teams person been summoned by the police.
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee constituted a high-powered enquiry committee to beryllium chaired by Justice (Retd.) Ashim Kumar Ray, and with the Chief Secretary and the Additional Chief Secretary, Home and Hill Affairs Department, arsenic members, to probe the incident.
“During the proceeding [of the petition], we volition question a enactment connected the First Information Reports [against spectators]. It is simply a sedate injustice against the young fans who saved their hard-earned wealth oregon borrowed wealth to spot Messi. Why would they beryllium arrested portion ministers Sujit Bose and Aroop Biswas locomotion scot-free? Mr. Biswas should beryllium arrested first,” Mr. Adhikari said connected Monday, questioning the apprehension of spectators.
The BJP MLA from Nandigram alleged that the State constabulary and the State administration’s enquiry committee “cannot beryllium trusted” and emphasised that the High Court’s involution is imperative to guarantee a transparent investigation.
Advocate Sabyasachi Chatterjee, 1 of the petitioners, told The Hindu that the State-constituted enquiry committee is not valid and alleged that determination has been nary gazette notification for the same.
“We privation a enactment connected the enquiry commission, due to the fact that it is simply not valid. Investigating fiscal dealings related to the lawsuit does not autumn nether State subjects according to the Constitution, truthful the enquiry committee should not impact itself successful the fiscal probe,” Mr. Chatterjee said.
