Radioactive material seems to be pouring in W Delhi area

NEW DELHI: Radioactive material appears to be pouring in a scrap market in west Delhi's industrial area with police on Wednesday saying experts detected a new source of radiation from a location which was "quite far off" from the earlier one.

A senior police official said the new source of radiation was detected "quite far off" from the earlier one which was detected on last Friday in a shop in Mayapuri owned by one Deepak Jain, who is in a serious condition in Apollo Hospital.

"Fresh radiation was detected in a shop in the Mayapuri market. It is quite far off from the shop where radiation was detected last week," the official said.

Asked whether it was a lapse on part of experts who conducted searches last week, he answered in the negative saying the new source of radiation was at least 500 metres from the shop where the radiation was detected earlier.