West Bengal Sports Minister Aroop Biswas resigns amid Messi event chaos in Kolkata

Notably, the audience at Salt Lake Stadium in Kolkata resorted to vandalism when they failed to catch a glimpse of Messi, alleging gross mismanagement by the organisers and obstruction of views by VIPs.

Immediately after the chaos, Mamata Banerjee ordered a high-level inquiry committee to probe the incident. The event’s main organiser, Satadru Datta, was also arrested on the same day.

Meanwhile, the chief secretary of Bengal issued a show-cause notice to DGP Rajeev Kumar, CP Bidhannagar, over the alleged mismanagement at the stadium.