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Patna: Police has recovered a substance from Gopalganj district of Bihar, after which there has been a stir from Delhi to Mumbai. It is being told that this substance recovered by Bihar Police is Californium, which is used to make atom bombs. Although it has many other uses, but it is considered very sensitive. Californium is a banned radioactive substance. In India, the common man cannot buy or sell it. In such a situation, a special team of FSL has been called to investigate this Californium-like substance recovered from Gopalganj. Apart from this, a team of scientists from Bhabha Research Center of Mumbai has also been called to Gopalganj.
Police arrested three accused
There is so much uproar about this substance recovered from Gopalganj in Bihar because it was being smuggled. Bihar Police has arrested 3 accused with 50 grams of suspected Californium from UP border. The value of 50 grams of Californium seized by the police is being reported to be 850 crores. (850 crore) The accused caught by the police include a smuggler and two liners. The main accused Chhote Lal Prasad is a resident of Kushinagar district of UP, while both the liners caught are from Gopalganj. According to the information, the accused were coming to Bihar with Californium from Gujarat, but Bihar Police got a clue of this and a team was formed and the car of the accused was stopped. During the search of the car, the police found suspected Californium, after which the police arrested all three accused. It is being told that the smugglers caught were trying to sell Californium for the last several months.
Several teams called for investigation
According to the police, the lab test report of Californium has also been found from the accused, which is from IIT Madras. However, IIT Madras has denied issuing any such certificate and has called it completely fake. Now, it is being investigated whether the Californium seized from Gopalganj is genuine or fake. Bihar Police has contacted the Department of Atomic Energy to investigate the suspicious Californium. A special team of FSL has been called for its investigation. Apart from this, a team of scientists from Mumbai’s Bhabha Research Center has also been called to Gopalganj. Apart from this, the police is also investigating smuggling, handling and links related to it. Gopalganj Police has also contacted Pondicherry Police. The police want to know how the smugglers caught were able to buy such an expensive substance. Is there a big gang involved in this?
What is Californium?
Let us tell you that Californium is prepared in the lab. All isotopes of Californium are radioactive. It is used as a neutron startup source in nuclear power plants. Apart from this, it is also used in the treatment of diseases like cancer. Californium is also used in nuclear reactors and coal power. The price of just 1 gram of Californium is said to be Rs 17 crore. The price of Californium is 20 lakh times more than silver, 24 thousand times more than gold and 40 times more than diamond. It is so precious that neither is it visible anywhere nor do many people know about it. It is made with full precaution under the supervision of big scientists in high security. Only a few grams of Californium can be made in a lab in a year. Californium is a synthetic radioactive element, that is, it is not found naturally on earth. It can only be made in the lab. There are only 24 synthetic elements in the whole world, Californium is also one of them. Special shipping containers are required for its transportation. Californium element was first made in 1950 by a team of University of California, Berkeley. In India, Californium can be obtained only from Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Mumbai.
