Calcutta - A tribal man wanted in connection with the smuggling of uranium ore has surrendered to the police in India's north-eastern state of Meghalaya.
Earlier this week, police arrested five people and recovered a packet of about 1kg of unprocessed uranium from them.
It is not clear how much ore the group had, or what it planned to do with it. The arrests are at an embarrassing time for India, just days after the Nuclear Suppliers Group ended a ban on civilian nuclear trade with the country.
Indian officials had worked hard to persuade members of the group, which governs global trade in nuclear components, that its nuclear industry was in safe hands.
Uranium is the basic fuel for nuclear weapons, but it has to go through complex processes before it is sufficiently enriched for use.
Earlier this week, police arrested five people and recovered a packet of about 1kg of unprocessed uranium from them.
It is not clear how much ore the group had, or what it planned to do with it. The arrests are at an embarrassing time for India, just days after the Nuclear Suppliers Group ended a ban on civilian nuclear trade with the country.
Indian officials had worked hard to persuade members of the group, which governs global trade in nuclear components, that its nuclear industry was in safe hands.
Uranium is the basic fuel for nuclear weapons, but it has to go through complex processes before it is sufficiently enriched for use.
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