Overview
- Tutu Bose, the club’s longtime administrator, died late Tuesday in Kolkata following a cardiac arrest, according to family and club statements.
- Supporters filed past his bier at the Mohun Bagan tent on Wednesday, as West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari and AIFF officials paid tribute ahead of a planned cremation later in the day.
- He served as secretary from 1991 to 1995 and as president through 2017, later returning as president in 2022 before retiring from all roles in April 2025.
- Bose drove key changes by recruiting marquee Indian and foreign players such as IM Vijayan and Chima Okorie and by bringing in RP-Sanjiv Goenka Group backing that set up the 2020 merger with ATK.
- He also served in India’s upper house of Parliament from 2005 to 2011, while news reports differed on his age at death, listing 78 or 79.