New Delhi, Dec. 16 -- West Bengal Sports Minister and senior TMC leader Aroop Biswas has tendered his resignation on Tuesday after Lionel Messi's GOAT India tour in Kolkata turned chaotic on December 13. Biswas, who drew massive flak over the mismanagement at Salt Lake Stadium, said in the handwritten letter that he was resigning to ensure a "free and fair investigation" into the incident.

According to news agency ANI, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has accepted the resignation of Aroop Biswas as the Sports Minister of the State.

In a Facebook post, TMC spokesperson Kunal Ghosh shared an image which he described as a copy of the resignation letter, seeking to be relieved from the state minister's post.

The resignation comes...