The Centre has decided to hand over to National Investigation Agency, NIA the probe into the bomb blast in Burdwan in West Bengal in which the role of terror groups is suspected, a decision which the Trinamool Congress government said was taken suo motu. The BJP and CPI(M) while demanding that the Centre hand over the case to NIA had alleged that the Mamata Banerjee government was trying to hush up the matter.

The BJP also accused the state government of resisting a NIA probe. Official sources said in Delhi that the decision to hand over the case to the NIA was taken by the Centre in view of international ramifications of the case where some nationals from neighbouring Bangladesh were also allegedly involved. They said, a notification was issued under the NIA Act and the agency will be registering an FIR today. Those involved in the blast are believed to be members of banned Bangladeshi outfit Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen.

The Union Home Ministry had received reports from central agencies and the state government about the incident in which two suspected militants were killed and another man was injured in the explosion on October 2 at a house.

The West Bengal government last night said the Centre took the decision suo motu and no opinion has been given by the state government side. Earlier, the state government had reposed confidence on CID probe over the incident. Four persons, including two women, have been arrested so far in the case.