New Delhi: With the recovery of deadly munitions and explosives in various States, the name of a Pakistani scrap dealer in Dubai has cropped up as Government tightened import controls of metal scraps.

Finance Ministry has also sought the help of forensic experts in major locations to detect and handle explosives and radioactive materials in metal scrap.

Central Board of Excise and Customs chairman A K Singh told reporters that Dilawar Hussain, a Pakistani national, is the owner of Dubai-based scrap dealer Lucky Metals which supplied Bhushan Steel metal scraps that exploded in its Ghaziabad factory killing 10 people.

"One Pakistani national Dilawar Hussain has been found to be owner of Lucky Metals. But we would come to know more details only after investigations," he said when asked whether there was any ISI link to the incidents.

While investigations are on to find the persons behind the presence of explosives in scraps, Finance Ministry today (Oct 11, 2004) swung into action to tighten norms in a bid to prevent re-occurrence of such incidents.

The Ministry decided to rope in forensic experts at major ports to detect and handle explosives and radio-active materials in imported metal scrap following recovery of more than 650 rocket shells in scraps imported by steel companies.

"Import of metallic waste and scraps will be permitted only in compact form as we do not have the expertise to handle scrap containing rockets and missiles," Singh said.