Jharkhand: 6 kg mineral uranium seized, 7 arrested

JHARKHAND POLICE on Thursday arrested seven folks for possessing and planning to promote ‘mineral uranium’ within the black market. Police stated that they seized 6.4 kg of ‘uranium mineral’ from two of the accused, nonetheless, they’re but to nab the main suspect from whom the mineral was procured.
All the accused have been arrested from the Bokaro district of Jharkhand and have been booked below IPC Sections 414 (Whoever voluntarily assists in concealing or disposing of or making away with property which he is aware of or has motive to imagine to be stolen property), 120B (felony conspiracy), 34 (frequent intention) and below varied sections of Atomic Energy Act.
Superintendent of Police Chandan Jha stated, “Seven people were arrested for possessing and planning to sell a mineral, which is suspected to be uranium after we received a tip. We are further investigating the case and the mineral is sent to the lab to check its veracity.”
However, the press launch issued by the Bokaro police and the FIR, seen by The Indian Express, clearly mentions the mineral to be ‘uranium’. SP Jha refused to touch upon whether or not some other investigating company was concerned and likewise didn’t touch upon whether or not they sought custodial interrogation of the arrested accused.
According to the court docket data and the FIR, a senior police officer in Bokaro obtained a ‘tip’ on June 2 that 5 folks: Deepak Mahato, Pankaj Kumar, Mahabir Mahato, M Sharma, Krishna Kant had ‘gathered together’ and have been planning to ‘illegally sell prohibited mineral uranium in the black market’.
The police have been knowledgeable that ‘if they nab the five people, the mineral will be recovered and the operation may be revealed’, the data said.
The FIR registered within the Harla Police Station said, “Seeing police Deepak Mahato and others, who were discussing something, started dispersing. They were caught by force after the area was cordoned. They said that they all were in touch with one Baapi Chandra, who had uranium with him, and that they had gathered in order to find prospective buyers. All smartphones from these five have been seized.”
It added that two impartial witnesses have been additionally referred to as throughout this raid. The data said that aside from cellphones, no different supplies have been seized from these 5.
Court data state that ‘help was sought’ from the 5 arrested after which police nabbed Baapi Chandra close to Vaibhav Hotel at 3.30 pm with ‘one plastic rubber packet’, which contained a ‘sample of prohibited uranium mineral’. At Chandra’s occasion one Anil Singh was nabbed who had 6.4 kg of ‘mineral uranium’ from his possession.

The data state: “…Both received the mineral uranium from Munna alias Ishaq’, who is yet to be arrested. Police recovered 4.5 kg of ‘mineral uranium’ from Singh’s village and two packets of 900 gm of ‘mineral uranium’ each.” The court docket data added: “Uranium Grade MFD 4/3/3018, EXP 3/7/2025 NET 900 gm Red Leather pouch Made in USA is written on the recovered uranium.”
Harla Police Station In-charge Govind Prasad Gupta stated, “All seven were arrested on June 3 morning. We are yet to arrest Munna from whom Anil and Baapi procured the uranium.”