Dehradun: Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Dehradun, Ajay Singh, has announced the arrest of five individuals found in possession of a box they claimed contained radioactive material. The suspects were apprehended while attempting to finalize a deal involving the suspicious substance.
BARC Team Investigates
#WATCH | Uttarakhand | SSP Dehradun Ajay Singh, says, “The Police have arrested five persons who had a box with them and claimed that it contained radioactive material. An emergency response team of Bhabha Atomic Research Center is verifying and checking the substance. They have… pic.twitter.com/4NxnOwKJ1W
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An emergency response team from the Bhabha Atomic Research Center (BARC) has been deployed to verify and analyze the contents of the box. According to SSP Singh, the presence of radioactive material has not yet been confirmed, but the box does contain certain chemicals.
Authorities have registered a case in connection with this incident. Further investigations are underway to determine the nature of the chemicals and the intentions behind the attempted deal.