Jhargram, Oct. 6 (PTI): A Maoist sharpshooter wanted in a number of murders in Bengal and Odisha was apprehended from Kandasole forest in Bengal’s West Midnapore district today, police said.

Mansingh Murmu alias Sujoy was caught in the afternoon from the forest bordering Odisha following a tip off and is being interrogated, Jhargram superintendent of police Bharati Ghosh said.

He is a member of the Ranjan Munda squad of the of CPI (Maoist). Munda was caught a few days ago. Charges of sedition, murder, sabotage and conspiracy have been slapped on the 27 year-old Maoist, Ghosh said, adding that he would be produced in court tomorrow.

Sujoy is alleged to have been involved in the killing of several CPI-M members and leaders at Gopiballavpur and Nayagram in the past three years, besides those of an assistant sub-inspector of police and two constables who were bodyguards of Odisha MP Sudam Marandi. Odisha and Jharkhand police are also likely to interrogate him.