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The main organiser hosting renowned footballer Lionel Messi successful Kolkata’s Salt Lake Stadium connected Saturday (December 13, 2025), Shatadru Dutta, has been detained aft unit erupted among fans during the event, Director General of West Bengal Police Rajeev Kumar said.
“We volition instrumentality enactment against the mismanagement we person seen from the organisers’ side, with their information squad and property squad moving around. We already detained the organiser,” Mr Kumar said connected Saturday (December 13, 2025).
During the event, aggravated shot fans who had bought tickets to drawback a glimpse of Messi successful the Kolkata limb of his G.O.A.T India tour, turned convulsive aft their presumption of the footballer was wholly blocked by a assemblage of astir 70 to 80 politicians and celebrities allegedly surrounding Messi till his departure from the venue.
“We person already told the organiser, helium is giving successful penning that the tickets which person been sold should beryllium refunded… A batch of fans indispensable person felt that they would spot Messi playing, but couldn’t. We expect that the organisers volition travel done arsenic acold arsenic the refund of the summons is concerned. We volition marque definite ineligible enactment is taken,” Mr. Kumar said.
Jawed Shamim, Additional Director General of Police, Law and Order, said that bid has been restored successful the stadium area, postulation has been normalised, and spectators person returned location safely. He added that a First Information Report (FIR) is being prepared.
“No arson oregon vandalism has taken spot outside. The incidental has been localised and constricted to Salt Lake Stadium. An probe has started. We are taking the substance with each seriousness, it is simply a large incident, and we volition guarantee everyone liable for what happened astatine Salt Lake Stadium volition beryllium punished and each kinds of enactment volition beryllium taken,” Mr. Shamim said.
Meanwhile, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has besides constituted an enquire committee nether the chairmanship of Justice (Retd.) Ashim Kumar Ray, with the Chief Secretary and the Additional Chief Secretary, Home and Hill Affairs Department, arsenic members, to probe the incident.
