NIA registers case to probe UP Assembly explosives recovery

New Delhi: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Wednesday registered a case into the recovery of explosives in the Uttar Pradesh assembly earlier this month, an official said.

The central probe agency filed an FIR at its branch office in Lucknow and the probe would begin immediately, the official said.

The home ministry earlier today had ordered the National Investigation Agency to take up the case.

The ministry's decision came after it received a report and recommendation from the Uttar Pradesh government on the recovery of PETN at the assembly premises on July 12.

About 150 grams of PETN (Pentaerythritol tetranitrate) explosive was found wrapped in a paper close to the seat of the Leader of the Opposition, Ram Govind 
Choudhary, in the assembly on July 12.

Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath had described it as a "dangerous terror conspiracy" and recommended a probe into the incident by the NIA.