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Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee: West Bengal Governor C.V. Ananda Bose will prepare a separate report on the management lapses witnessed at Salt Lake Stadium on the northern outskirts of Kolkata on December 13 during an event featuring Argentine football star Lionel Messi, and will also suggest to the state government the precautions that need to be adopted in future while organising such mega events, an official said on Sunday.

The Governor visited the Salt Lake Stadium on Sunday to take stock of the situation following the chaos that broke out at the venue. Before leaving the stadium, he told newspersons that he intended to prepare a separate report on the incident and forward specific recommendations to the state government on measures required to prevent similar occurrences in the future.

During his interaction with the media, the Governor accused the state government of not taking adequate security precautions for an event of such magnitude, despite advance indications of potential crowd-related problems. He said there were prior alerts about the massive gathering of people eager to catch a glimpse of the Argentine football star, which should have prompted stronger preventive arrangements.