Kolkata, Dec. 16 -- West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday relieved state Sports Minister Aroop Biswas after he agreed to step down in the interest of an ongoing probe into the fiasco during the Lionel Messi programme at Salt Lake Stadium here last week.
Biswas, who has been facing sharp criticism from opposition parties and calls for resignation from Governor C V Ananda Bose, wrote to the chief minister requesting to be relieved of the sports department to facilitate a fair probe.
The inquiry has been instituted by the chief minister under the chairmanship of retired Calcutta High Court judge Ashim Kumar Roy.
Sources said the chief minister accepted Biswas's request and relieved him of the sports department. Banerjee will...