India lambasted Pakistan on Thursday for making false claim that some material seized in Jharkhand’s Bokaro recently was uranium, describing it as an attempt to malign the country.
The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said, the material seized was not uranium and asserted that India maintains a stringent law-based regulatory system for internationally controlled items, reflected in its “impeccable” non- proliferation credentials.
MEA spokesperson Arindam Bagchi said, “the Department of Atomic Energy of the government of India, after due evaluation and laboratory analysis of the sample, has stated that the material seized is not uranium and not radioactive”.
Bagchi added, “the gratuitous remark on India by Pakistan’s foreign ministry, drawing upon a media report, indicates their disposition to malign India without caring to check or verify facts.”
“Let me also reaffirm that India maintains a stringent law-based regulatory system for internationally controlled items, reflected in our impeccable non- proliferation credentials recognized by the international community,” he said at a media briefing.
Last week, Pakistan’s foreign ministry called for a probe into what it called the seizure of radioactive material.
