Material seized in Bokaro not uranium and not radioactive: MEA

Friday, 11 June 2021Newsdesk

Days after Bokaro Police in Jharkhand arrested seven persons for ‘possessing and planning to sell mineral uranium’, the Ministry of External Affairs said that the ‘seized material was not uranium and not radioactive’.

New Delhi, 11 June 2021

As per news report of The Indian Express, the MEA’s statement was a response to Pakistan Foreign Ministry’s remarks for a probe into ‘seizure of nuclear material’ after reports emerged from Bokaro about ‘uranium material’. The Indian Express reported last week that the Bokaro police had seized 6.4 kg of ‘uranium mineral’ from two of the accused, and arrested a total of seven persons. The accused were booked under IPC Sections 414 (Whoever voluntarily assists in concealing or disposing of or making away with property which he knows or has reason to believe to be stolen property), 120B (criminal conspiracy), 34 (common intention) and under various sections of Atomic Energy Act.

Source -indianexpress.com