Overview
- The Calcutta High Court on Monday declined to fast‑track Aroop Biswas’s petition to quash an FIR filed by Messi GOAT Tour organiser Satadru Dutta and refused to grant immediate protection from coercive action.
- The bench advised that Biswas must file the quashing petition in the ordinary course and suggested he apply for anticipatory bail to guard against arrest while the case is heard.
- Bidhannagar (South) police have issued fresh summons and pasted notices at Biswas’s New Alipore residence after he missed earlier appearances, and officers warned they may take coercive steps if he does not present himself.
- Investigators have already arrested Swarup Biswas and remanded him to custody, and the complaint by organiser Satadru Dutta — who was earlier jailed and later released on bail — alleges large‑scale diversion and black‑market sale of complimentary passes, including a claim of about 22,000 tickets.
- The case stems from the chaotic December 13, 2025 Salt Lake Stadium Messi event and has been revived for investigation since the state government changed, so the immediate effects are increased legal exposure for those named and heightened political scrutiny.