Unknown event in Odisha, Lakhmipur area, India on Fri 17th March 2023

Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres shot dead a youth, identified as Narayan Nagesh of Lakhmipur village, as a punishment for destroying forest by cutting down trees in Nabarangpur District of Odisha on March 17, reports odishatv.in. In a poster, the Mainpur-Nuapada Division of the CPI-Maoist mentioned that Nagesh along with some forest department officials was involved in cutting down trees and creating land for rehabilitating people. Since 2010, Nagesh was involved in such activities and he has been punished for the crime, the poster read. The Maoists have also issued threats to some other family members of the deceased. It was suspected that Maoists had warned Nagesh not to get involved in activities that destroy forests in the region.