MUMBAI: Boxes filled with earth and silt - part of rubble collected from the Opera House blast site - have been kept in a special locker at the Panchratna building, sources told TOI.
While nearly 60 diamond pieces have been recovered from the site, merchants feel that there could be more hidden in the debris. A Mumbai Diamond Merchants' Association member refused to divulge details for security reasons.
The debris will be checked and the association has hired 10 men to separate the diamonds from the earth and silt. It has been kept under 24x7 surveillance and guards have been deployed.
A diamond merchant said, "A huge crane was used to lift the rubble. Part of it was checked for diamonds, while the rest was packed up." He said the cops have returned pieces of diamonds recovered from the site. The association has kept the pieces in a vault and will wait for brokers who have been injured or family members of the deceased to claim them.
Unclaimed pieces will be auctioned and the money will be used as a relief fund for the Opera House victims, an association member said.
While nearly 60 diamond pieces have been recovered from the site, merchants feel that there could be more hidden in the debris. A Mumbai Diamond Merchants' Association member refused to divulge details for security reasons.
The debris will be checked and the association has hired 10 men to separate the diamonds from the earth and silt. It has been kept under 24x7 surveillance and guards have been deployed.
A diamond merchant said, "A huge crane was used to lift the rubble. Part of it was checked for diamonds, while the rest was packed up." He said the cops have returned pieces of diamonds recovered from the site. The association has kept the pieces in a vault and will wait for brokers who have been injured or family members of the deceased to claim them.
Unclaimed pieces will be auctioned and the money will be used as a relief fund for the Opera House victims, an association member said.
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