India, April 14 -- Punjab leader of opposition and Congress MLA Partap Singh Bajwa failed to appear before the cyber crime police station in Phase 7, Mohali, on Monday and sought time till 2pm on Tuesday to face questioning after he was booked for his recent claim that 50 bombs had arrived in the state.

The FIR was registered against Bajwa in Mohali on Sunday night under Sections 197(1)(d) (false and misleading information that endangers country's sovereignty and unity) and 353(2) (false statements intend to create enmity and hatred or ill will) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita after he failed to establish the source of his startling claim to a TV channel that 50 grenades had entered Punjab, of which 18 had already exploded, while 32 remai...