The Calcutta high court has granted interim protection to former state sports minister Aroop Biswas against coercive police action in connection with the chaos at Kolkata's Salt Lake Stadium when football legend Lionel Messi made a brief appearance.
A single bench of justice Saugata Bhattacharyya said, 'Every resident of Kolkata felt ashamed because of the fiasco. The events were conducted smoothly in other metro cities.'
The bench questioned Biswas's close encounter with Messi, asking, 'How can he do this? Is he Messi's childhood friend? Does it not breach the security?'
The court also directed the Bidhannagar police commissioner to conduct an independent inquiry into the circumstances that led to the failure of the event and the alleged security lapses that occurred during the programme.
