Kolkata: The TMC and the BJP on Saturday traded charges as chaos ruled supreme at the Salt Lake Stadium here during a Lionel Messi event, which saw spectators storming the field and the prime organiser arrested for alleged mismanagement.

Video clips circulating online showed spectators running onto the pitch, some carrying saffron flags and shouting 'Jai Shree Ram' slogans, while throwing bottles and chairs, damaging seats and banners, and breaking barricades.

PTI could not independently verify the authenticity of the videos.

TMC spokesperson Arup Chakraborty alleged that \"footage hinted some forces might be involved in the violence though our chief minister Mamata Banerjee and other party leaders already slammed the organisers of the event and ordered a high-level probe.\" \"The main

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