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All the persons are on their normal duty now, Gupta said.
Asked if he suspected "conspiracy" and "sabotage" behind
the episode, Gupta said he did not wish to comment,
maintaining, "It's being investigated".

Kakodkar said, "The investigations are being carried out
from two angles. First to ascertain as to who contaminated the
water cooler with tritiated heavy water, and the second from
radiation protection angle."
B Bhattacharjee, Member,India's National Disaster
Management Authority, said the cooler was found to be sealed.
"But later on, the investigators found that through the
drainage, the overflow line of the cooler, that it seems some
mischief monger inserted some tritiated water and contaminated
the whole cooler. And people have consumed that (water)," he
said.
Bhattacharjee said, "As soon as it was detected, they
did a routine sampling. They gave some diuretics to all. Out
of 55, 53 have been cleared."
Denying any release of radioactivity in and outside the
Kaiga plant, Nuclear Power Corporation's Chairman and Managing
Director S K Jain said all units of the plant are normal and
none of its workers have been admitted to hospital.
Uttara Kannada district Superintendent of Police Raman
Gupta said, "We are taking it (the incident) seriously as
public interest is involved. We are waiting for the nod from
Kaiga authorities for investigation."
Kaiga currently has three 220 mw plants -- two are
operational and one has been shut-down from October 20 for
annual maintenance. A fourth one is slated to be operational
from later this financial year.
Few years back a similar malevolent act was observed in
Tarapur atomic power sub-station and the culprits were
dismissed after investigations. PTI Team
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