CHENNAI: The shooting incident at Anuparam, located 10km from Kalpakkam Nuclear Complex, has sparked serious concerns among the nuclear scientific community in India as top security officials from Deparment of Atomic Energy in Mumbai flew over to Chennai.
S A V Satyamurti, director of security (electronics and instrumentation) told Express that the pulling of trigger by CISF Head constable VP Singh that resulted in the death of ASI R Ganesan, head constables Subburaj and Mohan Singh has happened first time in Kalpakkam sparking serious concern among nuclear community.
He said top security officials from DAE, including additional secretary and inspector general of DAE are rushing to Kalpakkam to investigate the matter.
He said immediately after the incident top security officials in and around Kalpakkam have gathered to monitor the situation.
Anuparam, located 10km from Kalpakkam Nuclear Complex was broken with gunshots from Central Industrial Security Force Barracks that killed three security personnel and injured one.
Meanwhile, officials from nuclear facilities in Kalpakkam said that the incident won’t have any impact on the running of nuclear reactors.
A spokeswoman of Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research said that the operations have not been impacted. “The incident happened at the extreme corner of the township inside the barracks,” she said. A staff of nuclear power corporation limited who stays at Anupuram said that the families living at Anupuram could hardly hear the gunfire as the
stengun is sophisticated and fires numerous rounds in a second. “We woke up only after the phone rang and were informed about the incident,” another official said.
Sources at Indra Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research and Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited told Express that there are around 700 CISF personnel in the nuclear complex. Interestingly, IGCAR pays the salary of 76 per cent of employees while NPCIL pays the wages of 24 per cent of CISF personnel.