Maharashtra Anti-Terror Squad seizes over 7 kg uranium worth Rs 21.3 crore, arrests 2
Mumbai:
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.