Kolkata, July 7 (IANS) Former West Bengal minister Aroop Biswas on Tuesday appeared before the police for questioning in connection with the alleged mismanagement during Argentine footballer Lionel Messi’s GOAT India Tour event held in Kolkata last year.Acting on a notice served by the police on Saturday, Biswas reached the officers of Bidhannagar South Police Station at around 10 a.m., accompanied by his lawyer.The police questioned the Trinamool Congress leader as part of the ongoing investiga…
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Kolkata, July 5 (IANS) Former West Bengal Sports Minister Aroop Biswas has been summoned again by the Bidhannagar South Police Station in connection with the alleged mismanagement during Argentine footballer Lionel Messi’s GOAT India Tour event, police said on Sunday.He has been summoned several times in the past and had avoided appearing on multiple occasions. However, he appeared at the police station on June 18, when he was questioned for a long time.This time, the police have again served hi…
Kolkata, June 23 (IANS) A division bench of the Calcutta High Court on Tuesday upheld a previous court order by the single-judge bench of the same court granting interim protection from coercive police action to former West Bengal Sports Minister Aroop Biswas till August 17. The matter relates to alleged irregularities during footaballer Lionel Messi’s ‘GOAT India Tour’ event at the Yuva Bharati Krirangan in Kolkata’s Salt Lake on December 13 last year, where crowd management issues reportedly l…
Kolkata, June 18 (IANS) Former state minister Aroop Biswas on Thursday faced protests from a section of lawyers at the Judge’s Court in Kolkata, where he had gone to meet his lawyer. On hearing that he had arrived there, a group of lawyers appeared outside his lawyer’s chamber with eggs and began protesting. They demanded that the proceeds from ticket sales for Lionel Messi’s GOAT India Tour event at Yuva Bharati Krirangan in December last year be refunded.Meanwhile, another section of lawye…
Kolkata, June 10 (IANS) The Calcutta High Court on Wednesday granted interim protection from coercive action to former West Bengal minister Aroop Biswas till August 17, subject to several conditions.Justice Saugata Bhattacharyya said that the investigating agency will continue the investigation as per the law. In the event of any notice being issued, the petitioner must appear before the investigating agency, which, in turn, has been asked to give at least 48 hours’ prior notice.The High Court…
Kolkata, June 8 (IANS) A single-judge vacation bench of the Calcutta High Court on Monday rejected former West Bengal Sports Minister Aroop Biswas’s plea for a fast-track hearing on his petition seeking protection from coercive police action in the case of vandalism at the Yuva Bharati Krirangan in Salt Lake during Lionel Messi’s GOAT India Tour on December 13 last year.Biswas is supposed to appear at the Bidhannagar (South) Police Station, under the Bidhannagar City Police in North 24 Pargana…
Kolkata, June 7 (IANS) The Bidhannagar (South) Police Station in North 24 Parganas district, on Sunday, sent a fresh notice of interrogation to the former West Bengal Sports Minister, Aroop Biswas, for questioning over an FIR filed against him for vandalism at the Yuva Bharati Krirangan in Salt Lake during Lionel Messi’s GOAT India Tour on December 13 last year.Biswas has been asked to appear at the Bidhannagar (South) Police Station by Monday. This is the second notice sent by the police to B…
Kolkata, June 5 (IANS) Swarup Biswas, brother of former West Bengal Sports Minister Aroop Biswas and an accused in the vandalism case at the Yuva Bharati Krirangan in Salt Lake during Lionel Messi’s GOAT India Tour on December 13 last year, was on Friday remanded to 14 days’ police custody by a lower court in Kolkata after being arrested by Kolkata Police on Thursday night.Swarup Biswas was arrested following a complaint lodged by a female make-up artist associated with an organisation of make-u…
Kolkata, June 4 (IANS) Swarup Biswas, brother of former West Bengal Sports Minister Aroop Biswas and an accused in the vandalism case at the Yuva Bharati Krirangan in Salt Lake during Lionel Messi’s GOAT India Tour on December 13 last year, was taken into custody by Kolkata Police on Thursday night.According to information available from sources within the state police, the arrest was made in connection with allegations of extortion involving technicians associated with the Bengali film indust…
Kolkata, June 4 (IANS) Former West Bengal Sports Minister Aroop Biswas, who was called in for questioning by the police earlier this week over an FIR filed against him for vandalism at the Yuva Bharati Krirangan in Salt Lake during Lionel Messi’s GOAT India Tour on December 13 last year, on Thursday sought 14 days to appear for questioning. The Bidhannagar (South) Police Station in North 24 Parganas district had sent a notice to Biswas on June 2 in connection with the FIR, and in that notice t…