An Assistant Sub-Inspector and a Head Constable were arrested on Monday in Chhattisgarh's Sukma district for their alleged involvement in a racket of supplying ammunition to Naxalites in which four people were held over the past week, the police said.
Inspector General of Police Sundarraj. P identified the two as ASI Anand Jatav and Head Constable Subhash Singh.
Two persons, Manoj Sharma and Harishankar Gedam, were arrested from Sukma on June 2 while Ganesh Kunjam and Atmaram Nareti were held from Kanker district on June 6 and 695 bullets of .303, AK-47, SLR and INSAS rifles were recovered, he said.
Kunjan and Nareti are linked to Darshan Pedda, the self-styled Secretary of the Maoist "Pratappur Area Committee", the police had found.
"Further investigation revealed the involvement of the two policemen who were arrested on Monday," the IG said.
A nine-member Special Investigation Team (SIT) under Sukma Additional Superintendent of Police Siddharth Tiwari is probing the case.