UP CM Adityanath calls urgent security meeting after explosive found in Assembly
About 60 grams of a suspicious material in the form of powder, found on one of the Assembly benches has been sent for forensic testing.
NDTV quoted its sources as saying that a report of the forensic laboratory identified the powder as being a plastic explosive, PTEN (Pentaerythritol tetranitrate).
Demanding a probe into the startling incident opposition parties have alleged gross security lapse in the legislature.
Image: Official Facebook page of Yogi Adityanath.
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