Messi Event Chaos: Referees Suspended, Organizer Arrested in Yuva Bharati Incident

• IFA's disciplinary committee suspended five officials for unauthorized refereeing at a Messi event warm-up match at Yuva Bharati.
• Referee Rohan Dasgupta received a 1-year suspension, while assistant referees Debdutta Mondal, Nilratan Sarkar, Debabrata Naskar, and Match Commissioner Aparup Chakraborty were suspended for 6 months.
• The suspended individuals are barred from all IFA-managed matches, and the All India Football Federation will be notified.
• Former footballer Supriyo Dasgupta, who contacted the referees, will be summoned for questioning; he was previously questioned by police.
• The main organizer, Shatadru Dutta, was arrested after Messi's event on December 13 was canceled due to security concerns, leading to crowd vandalism at Yuva Bharati; he was recently released on bail.

Why It Matters: IFA suspended referees and officials for unauthorized participation in a Messi event, while the main organizer was arrested.