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The West Bengal Police connected Monday (December 15, 2025) sent summons to officials of six organisations, which were successful complaint of managing assorted aspects of the Lionel Messi lawsuit astatine the Salt Lake stadium, wherever spectators resorted to large-scale chaos and vandalism 2 days ago, alleging “gross mismanagement”, an serviceman said.
Acting connected an FIR connected the spectator rampage that led to an estimated nonaccomplishment of implicit Rs 2 crore of stadium properties, constabulary person besides arrested 5 radical truthful acold connected charges of vandalism and battle connected constabulary personnel.
Among the notices which were served to the lawsuit organisers included those to Laltu Das, manager of Satadru Datta – the present arrested premier organiser of the event, constabulary said.
Summonses were besides dispatched by the Bidhannagar Police Commissionerate to Manali Bhattacharya, an lawsuit manager, Supriya Dasgupta, Sambaran Karmakar, Aditya Das and Amit Kumar, a elder authoritative of a nutrient transportation aggregator.
All six officials, constabulary said, were progressive successful managing the marquee lawsuit astatine the stadium successful their respective capacities.
They person been asked to beryllium contiguous for questioning astatine the commissionerate bureau connected Tuesday, the constabulary serviceman added.
Sources said that Das, who represented organiser Satadru Datta astatine a gathering with elder constabulary officials, wherever the modular operating procedures were discussed threadbare a time anterior to the December 13 programme, volition beryllium questioned for allegedly violating the dos and don’ts portion organising the event.
The constabulary are besides trying to pinpoint accountability for allowing unauthorised nutrient and beverage income wrong the stadium, the containers of which were aboriginal utilized arsenic missiles by the irate assemblage during the rampage.
Meanwhile, the Bidhannagar Police arrested 5 spectators connected charges of vandalism and demolition of nationalist spot during the stadium violence.
The constabulary said the suspects were identified based connected video footage grounds and booked nether applicable sections of the Bharatiya Nyay Sanhita pertaining to demolition of nationalist property, obstructing nationalist servants from discharging work and assaulting unit successful uniform.
The process of identifying and booking different suspects successful the stadium vandalism and unit is presently underway, the serviceman said.
Satadru Datta, the premier organiser of the marquee event, was arrested connected Saturday, soon aft the stadium fiasco. The latest bookings instrumentality the apprehension fig to six.
