WB Governor denied entry to Salt Lake Stadium after vandalism during Messi visit

5 months ago 1
ARTICLE AD BOX
Fans participate  the tract  country  arsenic  they vandalise the Salt Lake Stadium, alleging mediocre  absorption   during Argentine footballer Lionel Messi's G.O.A.T India Tour 2025, successful  Kolkata connected  Saturday, December 13, 2025.

Fans participate the tract country arsenic they vandalise the Salt Lake Stadium, alleging mediocre absorption during Argentine footballer Lionel Messi's G.O.A.T India Tour 2025, successful Kolkata connected Saturday, December 13, 2025. | Photo Credit: ANI

West Bengal Governor C.V. Ananda Bose was not allowed wrong Salt Lake Stadium connected Saturday evening, hours aft unit erupted astatine the venue pursuing vandalism by spectators aft shot fable Lionel Messi made a little nationalist quality there.

Football fans were upset that contempt paying for tickets to participate the stadium to drawback a glimpse of their favourite player, they could not spot Lionel Messi decently arsenic organisers and VIPs had encircled the shot legend.

When the Governor arrived astatine the stadium, the gates were closed and the lights were switched off.

“Its not a lawsuit of the cardinal of the gate... remember, each for a nail a kingdom was lost. If immoderate deliberate effort is done by idiosyncratic to fell the information from the law caput of the State, they are successful a fool’s paradise,” the Governor remarked.

Officials astatine the Raj Bhavan said the Governor had visited the stadium to get a archetypal manus relationship of the concern truthful that helium could nonstop a study to the Centre.

Earlier successful the day, aft shot fans vandalised parts of the stadium, the constabulary cleared the venue of spectators and media personnel. The Governor had issued directives to the State authorities to bid a judicial enquiry into the incident, apprehension the organiser, and refund the summons wealth to the public.

The West Bengal Police arrested Satadru Dutta, the main organiser of the event, and assured that fans would beryllium compensated. Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee announced the mounting up of an enquiry committee to analyse the mismanagement astatine the stadium.

On Friday, the Governor had written to the State authorities seeking a elaborate study connected the arrangements made for the footballer’s sojourn to Kolkata.

Published - December 13, 2025 10:05 p.m. IST

Read Entire Article