 He was suspended from CPM party membership on 2 June 2017 for 3 months pending investigations to the allegations of moral turpitude & leaking party secrets to the press.On 10 October, 2017 a lady named Namrata Dutta filed a complaint against Banerjee in Balurghat Police Station for sexual exploitation by promising marriage.Ritabrata denied the accusation claiming the women was extorting money from him asked him for 50 Lakhs not to file and FIR and uploaded screenshots of a WhatsApp conversation in which she asked him for money.