Kolkata, June 17 -- The controversy surrounding Lionel Messi's GOAT India Tour-Kolkata Edition took a fresh turn on Wednesday after reports emerged that the Argentine superstar's team had sent an e-mail to the Bidhannagar Commissionerate, allegedly highlighting major security and protocol lapses during the event held in Kolkata last year.

The communication from Messi's team stated that the event organiser, Satadru Dutta, who organised the GOAT India Tour, was not responsible for the chaos that unfolded during the Kolkata leg of the tour and that the situation was beyond his control.

The reported e-mail allegedly blamed former West Bengal Sports Minister Aroop Biswas for interfering with the event without authorisation and cited multiple...