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Messi Kolkata visit: How the horror show unfolded, from roar to rampage in minutes

What unfolded in between at the Salt Lake Stadium was hard to believe, evoking memories of the 1996 Cricket World Cup semi-final and the 1999 India-Pakistan Test, both at Eden Gardens

After Messi left caption at Salt Lake Stadium around 12.30pm on Saturday. Pictures by Sanat Kr Sinha
Satadru Dutta (right) with Messi at the Salt Lake Stadium on Saturday. Picture by Sanat Kr Sinha

The man behind the Mess; sports entrepreneur-Close to Dada, Just who is Satadru Dutta?
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Kolkata: Argentine footballer and 2022 FIFA World Cup winning captain Lionel Messi, front right, organiser Satadru Datta, front left, and others during the ‘G.O.A.T. India Tour 2025’ event, at Vivekananda Yuba Bharati Krirangan (VYBK), also known as Salt Lake Stadium, in Kolkata, Saturday, Dec. 13, 2025. (PTI Photo/Swapan Mahapatra) (PTI12_13_2025_000296A)

Messi fiasco: Event organiser Satadru Dutta remanded in police custody for 14 days

His defence lawyers claimed that Dutta had been “framed” and that he could not be held responsible for the rampage inside the Salt Lake Stadium on Saturday during Messi’s visit
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