Police in Kolkata have arrested five persons on Thursday night for allegedly carrying radioactive uranium worth Rs 3 crore. A team of detective department seized the highly radioactive substance from the men who had assembled at Mango Lane in central Kolkata.
The arrested men – Javed Miandad, Sk Mughal Younus Biswas, Md Shahjahan Mondal and Basant Singh – were carrying a white plastic package with “uranium” printed on it. It also had batch number “14617071” mentioned on it. The package had a manufacturing date of 03.06.2017 and an expiry date 28.10.2024 mentioned.
While Javed hails from Birbhum district, Mughal is a resident of East Midnapore, Shahjahan from North 24 Pargana and Yunus and Basant from Murshidabad district. Police have sent the consignment to Central Forensic Science Laboratory for analyses.
Apart from the powdery substance, police have also seized fake state forest department appointment letters from the accused. All five have been sent to police custody for two weeks for questioning.
