Argentine footballer Lionel Messi, the star attraction of a 2011 friendly football match between Argentina and Venezuela at Kolkata's Salt Lake Stadium, refused to take the field unless he was paid Rs 20 crore as his fee. It was then that Saradha group boss Sudipto Sen came up with the money and saved the day. It was part of his Rs 2,500 crore chit fund scam money. Read