The Nagpada unit of the Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS) has arrested two people for acquiring Natural Uranium worth crores.
The arrested accused have been identified as Jigar Jayesh Pandya (27) and Abu Tahir Afzal Hussain Choudhary (31).
Upon receiving information by PI Bhalekar from a reliable source that a person who was going to illegally sell pieces of Uranium substance, a trap was laid and accused Jigar Jayesh Pandya was arrested.
The seized substance of Natural Uranium is about 7 kg and 100 gms and it is worth Rs 21.30 crores.
During the interrogation, Pandya revealed that the pieces of Uranium were given to him by a person named Abu Tahir in Mankhurd.
The officers immediately rushed to Kurla Scrab Association and arrested Abu Tahir.
The substance was sent to BARC, Trombay for analysis. The officials said that BARC termed the substance as Natural Uranium which is highly radioactive and dangerous.
A case under Atomic Energy Act, 1962, has been registered against them.
Surjitt Sahani
