Pakistan questions India’s nuclear safeguards after radioactive material recovered from smugglers in Bihar – Pakistan

The reaction of the spokesperson of the Foreign Office in Pakistan came out after the radioactive material worth 850 crores was recovered from the possession of a gang arrested in India three days ago.

It should be clear that Patna’s Gopalganj police arrested 3 smugglers with radioactive substance What was the international market of Rs 850 crore. The SP of Gopalganj confirmed the seizure and said that the accused were smuggling 50 grams of radioactive material.

This is not the first time that there has been an incident of radioactive contamination in India. Earlier in May 2021, 7 kg of radioactive uranium was recovered from a scrap dealer. According to a report, during the last 20 years, more than 200 kg of nuclear and radioactive material has allegedly disappeared from Indian facilities, which indicates the failure of Indian nuclear security.

Now in this regard, Pakistan has expressed concern over the sale of nuclear and other radioactive materials in India. Spokesperson of the Foreign Office said that illegal highly radioactive and toxic substance has been found in possession of a gang which is of concern.

According to the spokesperson of the Foreign Office, the value of the material is 100 million US dollars. In 2021, 3 incidents of theft of radiation were reported.