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Former West Bengal sports Minister Aroop Biswas connected Thursday (June 18, 2026) appeared earlier the Bidhannagar Police successful transportation with the probe into alleged irregularities surrounding a 2025 lawsuit present featuring Argentine shot prima Lionel Messi, officials said.
The elder TMC person arrived astatine the Bidhannagar Police Commissionerate office astir 9.55 a.m., aft skipping 3 erstwhile summonses, they said.
The lawsuit stems from a ailment lodged by lawsuit organiser Shatadru Dutta, who accused Biswas of summons black-marketing, extortion, cheating and transgression intimidation successful transportation with the high-profile shot lawsuit held astatine Salt Lake Stadium successful Kolkata connected December 13 past year, featuring Messi.
The lawsuit had ended with sections of spectators allegedly vandalising parts of the stadium, claiming that they failed to drawback a glimpse of Mr. Messi contempt paying thousands of rupees for a ticket, arsenic influential radical kept him surrounded connected the ground.
Mr. Biswas has denied immoderate wrongdoing and maintained that helium was not progressive successful the fiscal aspects of the programme.
The Calcutta High Court had earlier granted him conditional extortion from coercive action, portion directing him to cooperate with the investigation.
On June 5, the erstwhile Minister had written to Bidhannagar Dakshin constabulary presumption seeking 2 weeks' clip to appear, citing wellness reasons.
Meanwhile, the organiser of Mr. Messi’s India circuit claimed connected Wednesday (June 17, 2026) that the shot legend’s connection squad has written to the police, holding Mr. Biswas liable for the fiasco.
The connection purportedly exonerated Mr. Dutta from charges of mismanagement for which helium was antecedently arrested and jailed during the erstwhile TMC regime.
The Bidhannagar Police, recipients of the reported communication, however, remained tight-lipped astir the development.
