A day after the chaos at the Kolkata leg of Lionel Messi’s India tour, a court on Sunday (December 14) sent Satadru Datta, the chief organiser of the football event, to 14-day police custody.

Datta was arrested by the Bidhannagar Police on Saturday for “mismanagement” of the event from the Kolkata airport, where he had gone to see off Messi and his entourage on their way to Hyderabad.

‘Client being framed, ' says lawyer

Datta’s counsel told the court that his client was being "victimised and framed” adding, "We expect that the police investigation in the next 14 days will bring clarity.”

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Meanwhile, BJP supporters held a protest outside the court when Datta was taken there.

The police

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