In Odisha’s Malkangiri, Maoists warn villagers about using mobile phones

Maoists in Malkangiri district have reportedly put up signboards in a gram panchayat asking people in the area not to use mobile phones.

The rebels issued the warning through a written message on a roadside board at Orapadar village in Andrapalli gram panchayat of the erstwhile cut-off area (now renamed Swabhiman Anchal) on Thursday threatening the locals not to use mobile phones. Anyone violating the diktat would face the consequences, they warned.

Earlier, the rebels had distributed leaflets in villages in the area containing the threat: “Don’t use mobile phones. Persons ignoring this directive will be punished in the Praja court”.