Biplob Kumar Das

Biplob Kumar Das

Biplob Kumar Das is an investigative reporter based in New York City. His reporting focuses on politics and business. He graduated from Columbia Journalism School with a Master's in Journalism in May

3 posts
NYPD shooting of Bangladeshi New Yorker tests Mamdani’s approach to mental health crises
Crime, Reform & Abolition

NYPD shooting of Bangladeshi New Yorker tests Mamdani’s approach to mental health crises

Advocates and South Asian community members are calling for police not to respond to 911 mental health calls, after the NYPD shot 22-year-old Jabez Chakraborty in his home

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7 Min
By: Prajwal Bhat, Biplob Kumar Das
India’s largest far-right Hindu organization ends congressional lobbying campaign in U.S.
Politics & Democracy

India’s largest far-right Hindu organization ends congressional lobbying campaign in U.S.

Squire Patton Boggs, the firm that lobbied on behalf of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh last year, terminated the campaign weeks after a Prism investigation detailed the RSS’s lobbying activities

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6 Min
By: Biplob Kumar Das, Meghnad Bose
Exclusive: India’s largest far-right Hindu organization hires U.S. lobbyists for congressional influence campaign
Politics & Democracy

Exclusive: India’s largest far-right Hindu organization hires U.S. lobbyists for congressional influence campaign

Squire Patton Boggs lobbied U.S. lawmakers on behalf of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, a Hindu nationalist group linked to discrimination and violence against Muslims, a Prism investigation found

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12 Min
By: Meghnad Bose, Biplob Kumar Das

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