Overview
- Lionel Messi spent roughly ten minutes or less inside Kolkata’s Salt Lake Stadium before being escorted out as disorder escalated.
- Thousands of paying fans complained of poor visibility and mismanagement, with some throwing bottles and chairs and ripping posters in protest.
- Organisers and security rushed Messi and other VVIPs out and called in additional forces as the event was halted early.
- Mamata Banerjee announced a committee led by Justice (Retd.) Ashim Kumar Ray, with top state officials as members, to investigate the lapses.
- Press Trust of India reported organisers alleged Trinamool Congress supporters breached security, while Messi departed for scheduled events in Hyderabad.