Anti-Terror Squad Seizes 7 Kg "Highly Radioactive" Uranium, Arrests 2 Who Tried To Sell It
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Uranium Smuggling: The ATS on Wednesday registered a case under provisions of the Atomic Energy Act-1962, based on a complaint by regional director, central region, Atomic Minerals Directorate of Exploration of Research, Nagpur, he said.
The Maharashtra Anti-Terror Squad or ATS has seized over 7 kg of natural uranium worth about Rs 21.30 crore and arrested two persons in this connection, an official said today. The substance is "highly radioactive and dangerous to human life", the ATS official said quoting a report of an analysis conducted by the Bhabha Atomic Research Centre or BARC. Acting on a specific information, the Nagpada unit of the Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) had apprehended a 27-year-old Thane resident, Jigar Pandya, with some small pieces of the valuable substance on February 14 this year, he told news agency Press Trust of India. Jigar Pandya was allegedly trying to sell it illegally and was in search of a possible customer, he said.
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