Bajrang Muni Das is a priest or ‘mahant’ of Maharshi Shri Lakshman Das Udasin Ashram in Khairabad town of Uttar Pradesh. In April 2022, he issued a criminal threat to rape Muslim women while he was addressing supporters who took out a procession on the occasion of Navratri and Hindu New Year, outside a mosque. Das was arrested by the police on April 13, 2022 from Sitapur, 100 km from state capital Lucknow, six days after the incident and was granted bail within 10 days. Das has been widely sharing hate instigating videos online and has been seen openly threatening violence against Muslims, often in the presence of the police.