Superintendent of Police, Anis Gupta said Santosh Mishra and Jagdish Sahu, allegedly arms suppliers to the PLFI, were arrested during a search operation from near River Banai under Rania police station last night.
Five rifles and three mobile phones were seized from them, Gupta said.
In another incident, the security personnel arrested five persons including a woman from Giyarappa village under Khunti police station area allegedly for providing information to the ultra group Area Commander Shankar Gope about the police activities, he said.