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UP CM Adityanath calls urgent security meeting after explosive found in Assembly
Lucknow, Jul 14 (IBNS) : Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has called an urgent high level security meeting after an explosive substance was found inside the state Assembly on Wednesday, media reports said.
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.
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