A poor youth of Sundargarh district, not getting a job locally, had gone to work in a boat in Raigad district in Maharashtra and had been engaged in fish catching there. He lost his life there and due to ongoing lockdown, his body could not be brought to his native place and was cremated there. The deceased is Mahadev Chita (25), a native of Gitpahadi under the Kinjrikela police station of Sundargarh district. During August 2019, Mahadev along with seven other youths of his village, had gone to Mumbai to work there.
The friends of Mahadev had informed about death of Mahadev. After getting the shocking news of death of her son, his mother requested the local police and the villagers to bring the body back to the village but due to the lockdown, the body could not be brought back and was cremated there.