Overview
- Biswas attended Bidhannagar South Police on Tuesday, July 7, for a second recorded statement in the probe and police say his answers are being examined with other evidence.
- The Calcutta High Court granted him interim protection from coercive action until August 17 and directed police to file a status report on the investigation by July 10.
- The case began with an FIR from event organiser Satadru Dutta, who alleges cheating, criminal intimidation and extortion and says about 22,000 of roughly 70,000 printed tickets were diverted or sold.
- The investigation follows the December 13, 2025 Salt Lake Stadium event that suffered severe overcrowding and poor crowd control, forcing Messi to leave and prompting vandalism and public complaints.
- Police review of Biswas’s statement and the court-ordered report will determine whether investigators file formal charges or close the matter, and the probe carries political implications given Biswas’s former ministerial role and party ties.