The Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) has issued a ‘diktat’ warning resident in Orapadar village against using mobile phones, in Malkangiri District of Odisha on December 12, reports New Indian Express. In a handwritten message in Odia on a board, the Maoists directed people of the said village in Andrapali Gram Panchayat(village level local self-Government institution) of the erstwhile cut-off area (now renamed Swabhiman Anchal) not to make or receive calls on their phones without prior permission from them or face dire consequences. The diktat said that any villager found using a mobile phone will be punished by the ‘Praja court’ (people’s/ Kangaroo Court held by the Maoists). Police Officials said the warning was a way to deter the local people from giving the police information about the possible movement of the Maoists.