Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh will lay the foundation stone of Office-cum-Residential Complex of National Investigation Agency, NIA, at Lucknow in Uttar Prdesh today. An official release said, the Centre has sanctioned over 32 crore rupees for the project which will be completed within a time frame of 18 months. The Branch Office of NIA at Lucknow was made operational in 2012. It is investigating the terrorism related cases of Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Bihar, Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh including Naxal attacks. Presently, the branch office is functioning from a rented accommodation in Gomti Nagar, Lucknow.