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Two arrested in Mumbai with 7-kg of natural uranium worth Rs 21 crore
The ATS team had received information that the accused were searching for a potential buyer to sell the huge quantity to uranium.
Rajiv Singh
New DelhiUpdated on: May 06, 2021 14:36 IST


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Two arrested by Maharashtra ATS with 7-kg of natural uranium worth Rs 21 crore

The Maharashtra Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) has arrested two men with 7-kg of natural uranium worth Rs 21 crore in Mumbai. Uranium is considered a rare element and is highly radioactive. It is used for making nuclear explosives.
The ATS team had received information that the accused were searching for a potential buyer to sell the huge quantity to uranium. Accordingly, a trap was laid and the two were arrested.
The arrested men have been identified as Jigar Jayesh Pandya and Abu Tahir Afzal Hussain Choudhary.
Acting on 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 said. Pandya was allegedly trying to sell it illegally and was in search of a possible customer.

The ATS subsequently nabbed Choudhary from the premises of Kurla Scrap Association in Mankhurd and seized 7.100 kg of natural uranium from his possession, he added. It is believed that the accused got their Uranium tested from a private laboratory to check its purity. The ATS said that officials are questioning the arrested men to trace further links.

The seized uranium was sent to the Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC) at Trombay for analysis. The report received from the research centre mentioned that the substance was natural uranium, which is "highly radioactive and dangerous to human life.

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.

The two accused were on Wednesday produced bedore a local court which remanded them in the custody of the ATS till May 12.

World must take notice of this and it can create big disaster in human history. Indian nuclear program is not safe for the world. @MastanKhan @Horus @The Eagle @Imran Khan @Zarvan@N.Siddiqui
 
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It's natural uranium oxide so it is No big deal.
It is used in many industral applications and equipment and was acquired by these guys (who owned a scrap shop) from a factory refuse dump.
 
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The brazen way these two were trying to sell uranium, might be indicative that supplies of uranium are not as secure in India, and there maybe many more that could be doing the same, with only these two having been caught so far.
 
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Imagine if terrorists got their hands on this Uranium. India evidently cannot handle the responsibility of being a nuclear state and should be sanctioned or stripped of all its nuclear capabilities, civilian or military.
 
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Truly shocking lack controls of Dangerous materials in India !!!
 
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If it is not big deal then why then arrest it in first place?. Don't try to fool us
If someone hold 10000 kg uranium oxide personally, which means 72KG U-235 potentially. He will be on the WANTED list of CIA, FBI, KGB, Mossad, MI 6, and the list goes on.

He will be tagged as terrorist, or whatever convenient.
 
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Two arrested in Mumbai with 7-kg of natural uranium worth Rs 21 crore
The ATS team had received information that the accused were searching for a potential buyer to sell the huge quantity to uranium.
Rajiv Singh
New DelhiUpdated on: May 06, 2021 14:36 IST


natural uranium

Image Source : INDIA TV
Two arrested by Maharashtra ATS with 7-kg of natural uranium worth Rs 21 crore

The Maharashtra Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) has arrested two men with 7-kg of natural uranium worth Rs 21 crore in Mumbai. Uranium is considered a rare element and is highly radioactive. It is used for making nuclear explosives.
The ATS team had received information that the accused were searching for a potential buyer to sell the huge quantity to uranium. Accordingly, a trap was laid and the two were arrested.
The arrested men have been identified as Jigar Jayesh Pandya and Abu Tahir Afzal Hussain Choudhary.
Acting on 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 said. Pandya was allegedly trying to sell it illegally and was in search of a possible customer.

The ATS subsequently nabbed Choudhary from the premises of Kurla Scrap Association in Mankhurd and seized 7.100 kg of natural uranium from his possession, he added. It is believed that the accused got their Uranium tested from a private laboratory to check its purity. The ATS said that officials are questioning the arrested men to trace further links.

The seized uranium was sent to the Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC) at Trombay for analysis. The report received from the research centre mentioned that the substance was natural uranium, which is "highly radioactive and dangerous to human life.

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.

The two accused were on Wednesday produced bedore a local court which remanded them in the custody of the ATS till May 12.

World must take notice of this and it can create big disaster in human history. Indian nuclear program is not safe for the world. @MastanKhan @Horus @The Eagle @Imran Khan @Zarvan@N.Siddiqui

Rare? Yes
Highly radioactive? Not in its natural form.
Worrisome? Yes

It's natural uranium oxide so it is No big deal.
It is used in many industral applications and equipment and was acquired by these guys (who owned a scrap shop) from a factory refuse dump.

What you have said, in fact, makes it even more worrisome. It shows a major lapse in the Indian regulatory mechanism and oversight. Research, medical and industrial equipments using radioactive materials should be registered with the concerned regulatory body (in India's case its Atomic Energy Regulatory Board) and their decommissioning should also be approved and supervised by the concerned regulatory body. Had these guys managed to take it out of India it would have meant a big failure for India's strategic export controls as well.
 
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