Mumbai: NIA seeks information from Maharashtra ATS on uranium seizure


The Nagpada unit of the ATS had arrested two persons – Jigar Pandya from Thane and Abu Tahir Afzal Hussain Choudhary from Mankhurd on Wednesday night and seized 7.100 kg uranium from them. According to the ATS, Pandya who had procured the Uranium from Choudhary, was trying to sell the material.

During the investigation, it came to light that the purity of the highly-radioactive substance is more than 90 per cent.

The ATS is trying to find out the source of the uranium and the accused are being questioned.

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



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