₹206 crore Messi funding row: GST team issues notices to two finance firms

Thiruvananthapuram: The Kerala GST department’s special investigation team has issued notices to two private financial institutions after finding that the ₹206 crore handed over by a sponsor to bring Lionel Messi and the Argentina team to Kerala may not have been the sponsor’s own money. The investigation found that Hinduja Leyland Finance provided ₹73.23 crore and Gokulam Chit & Finance ₹133.…