Overview
- Police searched a New Alipore flat linked to brothers Aroop and Swarup Biswas after Swarup's arrest, and on Monday officers found a concealed room secured by a digital lock that Swarup reportedly declined to open.
- Officers brought in a locksmith to access the locked room as they sought documents and electronic evidence that could be relevant to the investigation.
- On Tuesday police searched the Suruchi Sangha club in south Kolkata and took the arrested Swarup Biswas to the premises while reporting on whether devices were seized has varied between accounts.
- Swarup was arrested following a complaint by a woman and faces multiple allegations that sources say include claims from figures in the Bengali film industry.
- Aroop Biswas was summoned for questioning over an event linked to Lionel Messi, did not appear for police, moved the Calcutta High Court and was advised to seek anticipatory bail as the inquiry expands and public protests raise local corruption and encroachment claims.