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Arrest of robbers demanded

Staff Correspondent
Leaders of Bangladesh Puja Udjapan Parishad yesterday demanded immediate arrest of miscreants who robbed Dhakeshwari National Temple on January 8 and beefing up security measures in the temple and other temples in the country. They placed the demands at a press conference on the temple premises in the city, says a press release. They also demanded recovery of the temple's properties illegally occupied by encroachers. The parishad President Subrata Chowdhury and General Secretary Mangol Chandra Gosh also spoke at the press conference.