Uttarakhand: 5 arrested for carrying radioactive materials in Dehradun

Dehradun (Uttarakhand) [India], July 12 (ANI): Dehradun Police on Friday arrested five accused for carrying radioactive material and a radiographic camera from the Rajpur Road area of the Dehradun district in Uttarakhand.
These accused were arrested from a house in Brook and Woods Colony, situated on Rajpur Road in Dehradun.
The arrested accused hails from Madhya Pradesh, Delhi and Saharanpur in Uttar Pradesh.
Ajay Singh, Senior Superintendent of Police of Uttarakhand's capital Dehradun, while speaking exclusively to ANI, said that the police have arrested five people from a house in Brook and Woods Colony on Rajpur Road in Dehradun, from whom radioactive material and radiographic camera were found.
He stated that when the police tried to open the box, the arrested individuals told them that opening it could be difficult because of the presence of radioactive chemicals inside it.
The SSP said that the arrested people are residents of Madhya Pradesh, Delhi and Saharanpur in Uttar Pradesh.
SSP Ajay Singh told ANI that on interrogation it was found that the radioactive material box with which these people had come to Dehradun was going to be dealt for crores.
The SSP said that after an investigation by the intelligence agencies and the SDRF team, it was found that there was radioactive material in this box. SSP Ajay Singh said that Bhabha Atomic Research Center, which is a premier agency, has also been contacted. Further investigation is being carried out.
The rules for radioactive materials are governed by the Atomic Energy Act, of 1962. The central government can prohibit the manufacture, possession, use, transfer, export, import, transport, and disposal of radioactive substances without written consent. Radiography cameras use X-rays or gamma rays to create images of the inside of an object or body. These images can be used to inspect industrial objects. (ANI)