Four persons who were involved in supplying ammunition to Maoists in Chhattisgarh's insurgency-hit Bastar region were arrested from Sukma, police said here on Saturday.
“Based on intelligence inputs, Manoj Sharma from Dhamtari and Harishankar Gedam from Balod were arrested from Malkangiri Chowk in Sukma,” Superintendent of Police (SP) Shalabh Sinha said.
Police seized 395 live rounds along of SLR and a .303 rifle. During questioning they informed the police about more hidden ammunition in Dhamtari which was seized, Sinha added.
They told police that Ganesh Kunjam and Atmaram Nareti of Durgukondal - who are linked with Maoist leader Darshan Pedda, Secretary of the Maoist Pratappur area committee - had approached them to supply the bullets, the officer said.
Kunjam and Nareti were arrested later from Durgukondal and from their possession police seized live 70 rounds of INSAS and 303 rifles.
Based on based on information provided by Manoj and Harishankar, in all 695 rounds of .303, AK-47, SLR and INSAS rifles were seized, police said.