A wall poster threatening some local “landlords” surfaced in the name of Maoists in Charla town in the early hours of Sunday.

The handwritten wall poster bearing the name of CPI (Maoist) Charla-Sabari Area Committee created ripples in the mandal headquarters town. The poster warned some “landlords” and errant private moneylenders against exploiting tribal people.

It contained slogans with a veiled threat to the “local TRS leaders” and denouncing the alleged move to construct new police station buildings in the Agency areas, sources said.

However, police suspect it to be a handiwork of some “unscrupulous elements” to settle personal scores over matters related to land disputes.