Overview
- Satadru Dutta, the main organizer of the December 13 event, was granted bail by a North 24 Parganas court on a ₹20,000 bond with two sureties.
- Police arrested Dutta at Kolkata’s airport on December 13; he spent time in police custody and then over a month in judicial custody before securing bail.
- The Indian Football Association summoned four referees to its disciplinary committee over alleged officiating without mandatory clearance from the IFA or the Calcutta Referees’ Association.
- The disciplinary hearing is scheduled for January 20, and potential action has been indicated pending the referees’ explanations.
- The state inquiry into the stadium disorder continues after vandalism and safety lapses, with the sports minister’s resignation and show‑cause notices to senior police officials already on record.