One more person scalded by radiation in Delhi, admitted to hospital

One more person has been scalded due to exposure to high radiation and is recuperating at a private hospital in north-west Delhi, officials said today.

One Ajay Jain got exposed to radiation after he unwittingly kept a Cobalt-60 pin in his pocket.

Jain has told investigators that he had received the pin made of the radioactive isotope from Deepak Jain, the scrap dealer from whose shop eight bunches of metal scrap containing sources of Cobalt-60 were found last week in Mayapuri area.

Ajay Jain was admitted to Max Hospital in Pitampura locality two days ago after he found that his back had turned black, officials said adding that his family members were also being screened for possible exposure to radiation.


Experts said that the source of radiation was as strong as the one found in the Mayapuri scrap market last week.

Ten sources of Cobalt-60 had been recovered from the Mayapuri scrap market earlier and seven persons were hospitalised with burn injuries caused due to radiation.