Unknown event in Odisha, Hatabharnadi under the Kundi Police Station limits in Nabarangpur District area, India on Fri 25th March 2022

A Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) banner claimed to be of Mainpur Divisional Committee of the CPI-Maoist, was found along State Highway in Hatabharnadi under the Kundi Police Station limits in Nabarangpur District of Odisha on March 25, reports The Pioneer. The Maoists banner threatened Medical Officer Dr Satya Ranjan Sahu and the clerk Gobindo Sarkar of the Community Health Centre, Hatabharnadi alleging that they were fleecing innocent patients of the tribal dominated area. The doctor and the clerk allegedly charging INR 1,000 on the pregnant women for delivery and INR 500 for issue of birth and death certificate, it stated. The Maoists also threatened these medico staffs to appear before the ‘Praja Court’ (kangaroo court of the Maoists) or else to face death sentence.