Overview
- Bidhannagar City Police’s Detective Department has taken over the suo motu case against organisers of Lionel Messi’s Kolkata visit.
- Investigators summoned six company representatives for questioning after assuming control of the organisers’ case.
- The separate vandalism inquiry remains with the South Bidhannagar police station, reflecting a split investigative approach.
- Two suspects, Gaurav Basu and Shubhrapratim Dey, were arrested from Nagerbazar after CCTV identification, with FIRs filed under eight sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita including obstruction, injury to officials, and damage to government property.
- Chief organiser Satadru Dutta was arrested at the airport on Saturday and is in 14 days’ police custody on charges that include inciting violence and property damage, following unrest after Messi, Luis Suárez and Ángel Di María departed the stadium after about 22 minutes.