Lionel Messi cuts Kolkata appearance short after security breach
NewsBytes | May 11, 2026 9:39 AM CST
Satadru Dutta calls event missed opportunity
According to Dutta, things got so out of hand that even a sports minister crossed the line while posing with Messi.
Feeling unsafe and uncomfortable in all the chaos, and with close to a billion dollars in insurance coverage on the line, Messi's team decided it wasn't worth the risk and left early.
Dutta called it a missed opportunity, especially since similar events in other cities ran smoothly thanks to better planning.
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