An email from Argenitine football legend Lionel Messi blaming then West Bengal Sports Minister Aroop Biswas for the Salt Lake stadium event mismamagement on December 2025, has landed at the Bidhannagar Police Commissionerate on Tuesday, indicating further trouble for the senior Trinamool Congress (TMC) leader.
The email has been sent from Messi’s team who had come to Kolkata for the GOAT event as his advisor and has been a witness to the fiasco at the Yuva Bharati stadium in Salt Lake.
The mail categorically mentioned that as soon as Aroop Biswas entered the football field, he acted in complete contravention to the already-issued directions.
The mail mentioned that the then Sports Minister had been handsy with the football legend during the event, constantly touching him on his shoulders and waist to click pictures with him.
In addition to this, several people entered the field along with Biswas during the event, despite restrictions. Moreover, instead of the permissible limit of having only three photographers on the field during the event, around 40 of them had barged in. This disturbed the sporting star and he got concerned about his security, which ultimately led to him exiting early from the venue.
It has also been claimed that Satadru Dutta, who was the organizer of the GOAT tour, was not in control of these contraventions and instances of mismamagement, specifically mentioning that he was not responsible behind this fiasco.
Dutta has levelled multiple allegations against Aroop Biswas for the irregularities during the event. Dutta has even challenged the interim relief given to Biswas by the Calcutta High Court in the case.