Muslim Youth League leader P.K. Firoz seeks VACB enquiry into the ‘Messi affair’
Muslim Youth League leader P.K. Firoz has demanded a vigilance inquiry into a failed 2023 initiative by the Kerala government to bring Lionel Messi to the state. The demand follows allegations of financial irregularities and potential money laundering involving a private sponsor and the Argentine Football Association.
The Muslim Youth League State General Secretary and MLA, P.K. Firoz, has demanded an enquiry by the State Vigilance and Anti Corruption Bureau into the previous LDF government’s failed attempt to bring Argentine Football Association (AFA) and its star player Lionel Messi to Kerala and the huge amount -- approximately ₹130 crore -- that is said to have changed hands between the private sponsor that had been chosen by the LDF government, a television news broadcasting company, and the AFA in violation of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act and other regulations.
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