Mumbai: Two held for possessing uranium, sent to ATS custody till May 12
Officials of the Maharashtra Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) on Thursday arrested two persons, a day after a report by BARC revealed that the suspicious metal the duo was found in possession of in February was natural uranium – a highly radioactive substance.
Following an FIR under sections of the Atomic Energy Act, the two men were produced before a court that remanded them in the custody of the ATS till May 12.
An officer said they were trying to find out how the accused, two highly qualified men, procured the uranium, the use of which is restricted, and whom was it meant for.
