Messi earns 1.21 billion taka from his India visit!

Sources involved in the investigation said that after questioning the main organizer of the visit, Shatadru Dutta, it was learned that Lionel Messi was paid approximately 8.9 billion Indian rupees for this trip. At the current exchange rate, this amounts to about 1.214 billion Bangladeshi taka.
 

The investigation further revealed that the total cost of Messi’s India visit was around 10 billion rupees, of which about 1.1 billion rupees were paid to the Indian government as taxes. According to the organizer, a large portion of these expenses was covered through sponsorships and ticket sales.
 

Meanwhile, the bank accounts of organizer Shatadru Dutta have been frozen, with investigators stating that more than 2 billion rupees have been deposited in those accounts.
 

Despite receiving a huge fee, Messi was reportedly not satisfied at the end of the visit. The Special Investigation Team (SIT) said that during the event, repeated attempts by spectators to touch or hug Messi caused him irritation. In addition, special privileges granted to relatives of influential individuals on the field and incidents of vandalism by spectators led to a breakdown in security arrangements.
 

Under these circumstances, Messi was forced to leave the venue before the scheduled time. Following the incident, criticism also emerged in West Bengal’s political arena. In the meantime, the state’s Sports Minister, Aroop Biswas, has resigned. Investigations into the chaos at Salt Lake Stadium that day are still ongoing.