Suranjit Sengupta

Career Sengupta started his career as a lawyer. He became a member of Supreme Court Bar Council. In 1979, he represented the Ekota Party in the House and in 1991, the Ganatantri Party.

In November 2011, Sengupta was made a cabinet member of the newly formed Railways Ministry. He was accused of direct involvement in corruption of 100 million Taka. On 9 April 2012 his assistant personal secretary, general manager of the eastern region, and commandant of security were driving to Sengupta's residence with 7.4 million Taka of bribe money, when the driver Azam Khan turned them in. On 17 April 2012, Sengupta was appointed minister without portfolio one day after submitting his resignation as Railways Minister and after being accused of bribery.

Amar Desh allegations of corruption 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. There are 36–37 education institutions in my area. But the huge funding of this project created a negative impression with the local institutions. So I suggested distributing the fund equally to the existing institutions in order to eliminate the negativity created."

In April 2013, Sengupta brought a defamation case against the Amar Desh staff, including Mahmudur Rahman and an NGO official for the publishing of this report.

Personal life and death Sengupta was married to Joya Sengupta. Together they had one son, Showmon Sengupta.