Latest West Bengal Sports Minister News & Updates

Kolkata, June 13 (IANS) Former West Bengal Sports Minister Aroop Biswas has once again been summoned by police in connection with the alleged mismanagement and financial irregularities linked to Lionel Messi’s GOAT India Tour event held on December 14 last year.According to police officials on Saturday, the Bidhannagar South Police Station has issued a fresh notice directing Biswas to appear before investigators within 48 hours of receiving the summons. This is the third notice served on the for…

Kolkata, June 2 (IANS) The cops of the Bidhannagar (South) Police Station under Bidhannagar City Police in North 24 Parganas district of West Bengal on Tuesday sent a notice for interrogation to Aroop Biswas, the former West Bengal Sports Minister, in connection with an FIR registered against him last week over vandalism at the Yuva Bharati Krirangan in Salt Lake during Lionel Messi’s GOAT India Tour on December 13 last year. In the notice, Biswas was asked to appear at the Bidhannagar (South)…

Kolkata, June 1 (IANS) Aroop Biswas, the former West Bengal Sports Minister, on Monday approached a court in North 24 Parganas district with an anticipatory bail plea.His petition at the Barasat District Court follows an FIR registered against him last week at Bidhannagar South Police Station in North 24 Parganas district in connection with the vandalism at the Yuva Bharati Krirangan in Salt Lake during Lionel Messi’s GOAT India Tour on December 13 last year.Although the petition has been admitt…

Kolkata, May 11 (IANS) Organiser Satadru Dutta has claimed that Lionel Messi was unhappy over his arrest following the chaotic Kolkata event involving the Argentine football icon, while renewing allegations of political interference, security breaches, and a “one-way investigation” into the controversy.Speaking exclusively to IANS nearly six months after the incident, Dutta alleged that Messi himself was disturbed by the developments surrounding the event and the subsequent police action aga…