Kerala Forms SIT to Probe Argentina Match Bid Irregularities

Kerala had planned to bring Argentina’s national football team, led by Lionel Messi, to the state.

Officials now suspect that something may have gone wrong in the planning and financial arrangements.

The Home Department has created a special police team to investigate.

The team will check how the sponsoring company was chosen.

It will also examine money, contracts, permissions and the use of public property.

Investigators will look at agreements involving football organizations and private companies.

They will check whether anyone received an unfair benefit or whether the government lost money.

The team may take legal action if it finds evidence of crimes.

The investigation concerns arrangements made during the previous LDF government’s tenure.