Chinmoy Krishna Das (Bengali: চিন্ময় কৃষ্ণ দাস) is a Bangladeshi Hindu monk and community leader who is the spokesperson of Bangladesh Sanatan Jagaran Mancha.
[3][4][5][6][7][8][9][excessive citations] A former member of ISKCON Bangladesh, he was expelled from the organisation following accusations of child sexual abuse and other disciplinary issues.
[10][11][12][13] Chinmoy Krishna Das is a Hindu monk, who heads the Pundarik Dham, a Vaishnavite religious centre in Hathazari, Chittagong District.
[14] Das had regularly advocated for the rights of religious minorities in Bangladesh, and garnered increasing attention after the fall of Sheikh Hasina administration on 5 August 2024.
[18][19] A local leader of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) named Firoz Khan registered a case of sedition against 19 people, including Das.
The others included Ajay Datta, coordinator of Hindu Jagaran Mancha (a separate organisation) and Leela Raj Das, chief priest of ISKCON Chittagong Temple.
Nahid Islam, an adviser of the interim government, accused him in a Facebook post of making false and provocative statements during various assemblies, allegedly attempting to incite communal division and disrupt social harmony.
[52][53][54] According to Daily Inqilab reports, Das was allegedly linked to the acid attack on army and police personnel in the Chittagong's Hazari Lane incident of November 2024.