The story of Subrata Roy reads like an urban legend, starting with a borrowed capital of just Rs 2,000 in 1978 and growing into a corpus of tens of thousands of crores over three decades, with contributions as low as Rs 10-20 from investors. However, this success crumbled brick by brick.

Roy, who passed away in Mumbai on Tuesday at the age of 75, continued to navigate the complexities even while battling in courts and before regulators.