He died on 11 Febrbruary 2019 after undergoing medical treatment at Coptic Hospital in Lusaka[1] Whilst Chairman and General Secretary of the Zambian Baptist Association, Chintala pastored two churches in Ndola, and in 1992 set up Free Baptist Churches of Zambia acting as President.

[1] Chintala was selected as the Movement for Multi-Party Democracy candidate for the Kabushi constituency in a by-election in 1992, and was elected with a 2,386-vote majority.

[3] In 1997 he was appointed Deputy Minister for Religious Affairs in State House,[4] a ministry he was in charge to set up.

[8] On 5 March 2004, President Levy Mwanawasa appointed Chintala Ambassador of Zambia to Russia.

[9] Resident in Moscow, Chintala has concurrent accreditation as ambassador of Zambia to Albania,[10] Armenia,[11] Azerbaijan,[12] Belarus,[13] Georgia,[14] Kazakhstan,[15] Kyrgyzstan,[16] Moldova, Tajikistan,[17] Turkmenistan, Ukraine[18][19] and Uzbekistan.