[9][10] Editor's Council condemned an arrest warrant issued against Dutta in a defamation case regarding a news report published about Fazle Hossain Badshah, general secretary of Workers Party of Bangladesh.
[11] Dutta was elected general secretary of the Jatiya Press Club on 31 December 2022.
[13] Dhaka Reporters Unity condemned a defamation case filed against him by Arfanul Haque Rifat, Awami League politician and mayor of Comilla.
[16] Dutta accused Vice President Hasan Hafiz and Joint General Secretary Aiyub Bhuiyan of illegally grabbing the control of the National Press Club by removing him and the president Farida Yasmin from office.
[17] He was prevented from travelling to India on 6 August 2024 after the resignation of former prime minister Sheikh Hasina.