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Pakistan demands probe into uranium black market in India
Reaction comes after seven people arrested for possessing and planning to sell ‘mineral uranium’ in Jharkhand state
Foreign Office Spokesman Zahid Hafeez Chaudhri. PHOTO: APP/FILE
Pakistan has demanded a thorough investigation into the reports of illegal uranium trade in India after seven more people were arrested for possessing radioactive material.
The statement comes after police in Indian Jharkhand state on Thursday arrested seven people for possessing and planning to sell ‘mineral uranium’ in the black market, according to
Police said that they seized 6.4 kg of ‘uranium mineral’ from two of the accused. According to the court records and the FIR, a senior police officer in Bokaro received a ‘tip’ on June 2 that five people – Deepak Mahato, Pankaj Kumar, Mahabir Mahato, M Sharma, and Krishna Kant – had ‘gathered together’ and were planning to ‘illegally sell prohibited mineral uranium in
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Pakistan deeply concerned over illicit Uranium sales in India
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ISLAMABAD, Pakistan: Pakistan has expressed deep concern over the illegal sales of Uranium in India, and demanded a thorough investigation of such incidents.
Responding to media queries about reports of attempted illicit Uranium sales in India, the Foreign Office Spokesperson Zahid Hafeez Chaudhri said on Friday that we have seen the reports about yet another incident of attempted illegal sale of six kilograms of Uranium in India.
The Spokesperson said that a similar incident involving seven kilograms of Uranium in the Indian state of Maharashtra last month and other such reports in the past are a matter of deep concern as they point to lax controls, poor regulatory and enforcement mechanisms, as well as the possible existence of a black market for nuclear materials inside India.