On 31 March 2013, the newspaper Amar Desh published a report stating that Sengupta demanded a thirty million taka bribe from an orphanage project, and cancelled the project's funding when his demand was refused. Sengupta commented on the report, saying, "The matter of asking for a three crore bribe is a complete lie.
On 31 March 2013, the newspaper Amar Desh published a report alleging that Sengupta demanded a thirty million taka bribe from an orphanage project and cancelled its funding when his demand was refused. Sengupta responded to the report by stating that the claim of asking for a three crore bribe is false.