Members of a committee, set up by West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee to inquire about the chaos during Argentine football icon Lionel Messi’s event in Salt Lake stadium a day ago , reached the venue on Sunday (December 14, 2025) to carry out an on-ground inspection, officials said.

The panel members, headed by retired Calcutta High Court judge Justice Ashim Kumar Ray, will conduct the probe, they said.

Chief Secretary Manoj Pant and Home Secretary Nandini Chakravorty are also members of the inquiry team.

The members will inspect the stadium premises , crowd management arrangements and facilities provided to spectators as part of the probe into the alleged mismanagement during Messi's event on Saturday, the officials said.

CCTV footage might also be probed, they said.

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