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The Department of Atomic Energy has clarified that the material recently recovered by Bokaro police is not uranium. It was stated that the seized material does not cause any radiation-related health hazard to living beings or the environment.
Bokaro police had arrested seven individuals with 6 kg of unknown material, recovered from them in three packets. Based on the statement given by the arrested to the police, the material was believed to be uranium. The accused confessed before police that the substance is uranium and they were looking for customers for it. One of the accused, Bappi Da, had received the substance from a resident of Giridih, who is absconding.
SP Chandan Kumar Jha said, “We are waiting for the test report from UCIL. It will take about five days to arrive.”
BOKARO: The district police on Sunday said a sample of the uranium seized recently has been sent for lab testing to the Uranium Corporation of India Limited (UCIL), Jadugoda in East Singhbhum. Pakistan also reacted the uranium seizure and demanded a thorough investigation into the case.
Seven persons were arrested on Thursday with 6kg of uranium from the city area following a tip-off. Police said they have handed over the sample to a UCIL team on Saturday evening. Experts also conducted a test on the seized sample but did not find any harmful radiation, they said.