New Delhi: A nefarious attempt to bring a large consignment of uranium to India has been foiled. In this case, the police have arrested 13 people, including 11 Afghanis, on the Indo-Nepal border. Following the arrest, security has now been beefed up along the Indo-Nepal border. Nepal has said that it had arrested two convicts in the case from Viratnagar on July 23. Security has been tightened along the Indo-Nepal border after 11 Afghans and two Nepalese nationals were arrested last week for trying to smuggle two kilograms of uranium.

Soon after, Nepal's Interior Ministry issued a statement saying that citizens of third countries are resorting to the open border between Bihar and Nepal for smuggling of highly sensitive uranium. It's a threat to both countries. According to sources, the accused were trying to sneak into the Jogbani border in the Araria district of Bihar. The arrest of Afghan nationals is a sensitive matter, as it comes days after security agencies busted a suspected Phulwari Sharif terror module in Patna. India's security agencies suspect that a large number of sleeper cells are active in Seemanchal districts like Araria, Purnia, Kishanganj and Katihar districts.

BJP state president Sanjay Jaiswal also claimed that sleeper cells are active in large numbers in Bihar. He said "After the development in Nepal, we are intensifying the investigation at every border outpost connecting Bihar and Nepal.'' A BSF official at the Jogbani border in the Araria district said that the nationals of the two countries have been asked to produce valid identity proof before travelling to these two borders.

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