Kolkata: A courtroom right here on Sunday despatched Satadru Datta, the chief organiser of the Lionel Messi soccer occasion at Salt Lake stadium the place chaos erupted a day in the past, to 14-day police custody, an officer mentioned.
Datta was arrested by the Bidhannagar Police on Saturday for “mismanagement” of the occasion from the Kolkata airport, the place he had gone to see off Messi and his entourage on their technique to Hyderabad.
The counsel, showing for Datta, informed the courtroom that his shopper was being “victimised and framed”, the officer mentioned.
“We count on that the police investigation within the subsequent 14 days will carry readability,” Datta’s lawyer mentioned.
BJP supporters held a protest outdoors the courtroom when Datta was taken there.
What was speculated to be a marquee soccer spectacle became widespread violence and dysfunction on the stadium after Messi’s temporary and tightly ring-fenced look, his first on the venue since 2011, left massive sections of the gang annoyed.
They didn’t catch a glimpse of their celebrity regardless of having travelled from far and broad and paying hefty sums for tickets.
The police mentioned they had been additionally investigating how organisers allowed the sale of bottled waters and drinks contained in the stadium premises, that are banned objects throughout such occasions.
