The jail administration has ordered a probe into the incident. The UAV has been sent to the Gandhinagar police station for examination to determine its purpose.

A high-security jail in Bhopal finds itself in the eye of a storm after a China-made drone was discovered inside its premises.

Indian authorities said on Thursday they had completed moving toxic waste from the site of the 1984 Bhopal gas leak disaster, which killed more than 5,000 people, to a disposal facility where it will take three to nine months to incinerate.

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The jail superintendent said that no one saw the drone landing in the jail premises, adding that prima facie it appears the unmanned aerial device might be of children who were playing with it near the prison.

A Chinese-made drone has been found lying inside the high-security Bhopal Central Jail, prompting authorities to launch a probe into it, an official said on Thursday. A guard near B-block building inside the prison spotted the black drone,

College student and bird lover Junaid Qureshi says their cage was opened using a key. Investigating officer says CCTV footage yielded no clues.

A gas leak from the Union Carbide factory in Bhopal 40 years ago killed over 5,400 people in the world's largest industrial accident. Last month, Indian authorities ordered the removal of the residual toxic waste from Bhopal for disposal in Pithampur, where it has been put in storage at an incinerator facility.

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Two people in India set themselves on fire Friday to protest against the disposal of hazardous waste from the decades-old Bhopal industrial disaster, local government officials said.The protests erupted on Friday after authorities moved hundreds of tonnes of hazardous waste -- remaining from the world's deadliest industrial disaster in the city of Bhopal 40 years ago -- to the town of Pithampur for disposal.

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Twelve leak-free containers carrying 337 metric tons of toxic waste for incineration reached the Pithampur plant 42 miles from Bhopal amid heavy security, Swatantra Kumar Singh, the director of Bhopal gas tragedy relief and rehabilitation department, told Reuters.