India, Dec. 20 -- The main organiser of Lionel Messi's GOAT India tour in Kolkata on December 13, Satadru Dutta, faced prolonged questioning by the officers of the Special Investigation Team (SIT) probing the chaos which unfolded at the event.

During the inquiry, Dutta told SIT officers that the football icon was "unhappy with being touched or hugged" during the event at Salt Lake Stadium in Kolkata, PTI news agency quoted a source in the SIT as saying. Dutta said Messi had left much earlier than he was supposed to, rather than staying for the full duration of the event.

The organiser told officers that Messi "did not like being touched on the back or being hugged", and that this had already been conveyed in advance by the foreign secur...