Kolkata, July 9 (TNS): The Kolkata police claim to have arrested five men over the weekend with what they claimed was one kilogramme of uranium, according to Indian media.
The Times of India newspaper on Monday reported that the men had come to Kolkata in the state of West Bengal to try to sell the substance, which the newspaper reported as having a market value of INR30 million ($440,000). Police were quoted as saying that two packets of a “yellow-coloured substance” were seized and sent for testing.
Police said the accused had assembled at Mango Lane at Dalhousie and identified them as Javed Miandad, a resident of Nanur in Birbhum district, SK Mughal, a resident of Sutahata in East Midnapore district, Shahjahan Mondal from Baduria in North 24 Parganas district, Younis Biswas and Basant Sinha from Behrampore district.
The police also reportedly recovered forged forest department recruitment letters and mark sheets from the accused.
