Messi Kochi event faces ₹25.78-crore suspected GST evasion

The State Finance Department’s Special Investigation Team (SIT) has found suspected GST evasion of ₹25.78 crore in transactions involving a private company’s efforts to bring Argentine football icon Lionel Messi and the 2022 FIFA World Cup-winning team to Keralam for an exhibition match in Kochi in 2025.