“The arrested accused also claimed that once that particular influential person reached the stadium, all the flow-chart for the Messi programme got disturbed and he could not control it,” an official was quoted as saying by PTI. Police are examining whether the expanded access directly contributed to the breakdown of crowd control. They are also probing how such a large number of people gained access to the ground area.West Bengal Sports Minister Aroop Biswas was seen in close proximity to Messi throughout the programme, with visuals showing him holding the footballer around the waist while posing for photographs.Biswas has been accused of using his influence to allow relatives and personal acquaintances access to Messi.Amid mounting criticism, he resigned from his post as sports minister pending completion of the investigation.Dutta also disclosed financial details related to Messi’s India visit.”Lionel Messi was paid Rs 89 crore for the tour, while Rs 11 crore was paid as tax to the Indian government,” he told investigators, placing the total expenditure at Rs 100 crore.Of this amount, 30 per cent was sourced from sponsors, while another 30 per cent was generated through ticket sales, sources said.Meanwhile, an amount of over Rs 20 crore was found in the frozen bank accounts of Dutta by the officers of the SIT, the officer said.
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