Tight security during Durga puja
Security blanket will be put in and around every Durga Puja mondap across the country to facilitate peaceful celebration of the upcoming puja festival, said Home Minister Shahara Khatun yesterday.
She made the comment after holding a meeting at her secretariat office on the law and order situation with the high officials of law enforcing agencies and the leaders of Hindu communities.
The Bodhon ritual, which opens the first chapter of the five-day religious extravaganza, will commence on October 3.
The security blanket will prevail from October 2-6 at the mondaps (a place of worship of Hindu community).
The home minister said the deputy commissioners concerned will hold meeting with the puja mondap committee leaders and law enforcers to ensure security at district level and Upazila Nirbahi Officers will hold similar meetings at upazila level.
This year a total of 28,000 puja mondaps, which is a thousand more than last year, have been set up across the country with 196 located in the capital, she said.
State Minister for Home Shamsul Haque Tuku said old and important mondaps will be provided with special security to avert subversive activities.
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