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Tight security ahead of Durga Puja

 New Nation
 Published: 12:00 AM, 16 October 2015

Staff Reporter :A tight security has been taken ahead of Durga Puja, the biggest religious festival of the Hindu community, which will begin on October 18 and will end on October 22 with the emersion of Goddess Durga.”We have given directives to each and every police station across the country to take adequate security measures ahead of Durga Puja,” said Inspector General of Police (IGP) AKM Shahidul Hoque.He said, adequate members of law enforcing agencies, including police, Rapid Action Battalion (RAB), Ansar and Fire Service and Civil Defense (FSCD) will be deployed to ensure security at Puja mandaps across the country. The IGP said this while addressing a press briefing at the office of Deputy Inspector General (Dhaka Range) in city’s Segun Bagicha on Wednesday afternoon.Detective members will remain alert across the country during the Puja, he said.”If needed, members of paramilitary force Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) will also be deployed,” the police boss said.He said, the law enforcers have been instructed to ensure security so that the members of the Hindu community can celebrate Durga Puja peacefully. Meanwhile, several unwanted incidents happened in some places centering the coming Durga Puja.On Tuesday night, miscreants vandalised 15 idols at a temple at Karmakarpara in Ashashuni upazila of Satkhira district.Replying to a question, the IGP said security will be ensured during Durga Puja keeping in mind the killings of the two foreign nationals as well as other aspects.Meeting sources said, some 28,500 Puja Mandaps will be set up across the country, including 222 in the capital.Karmakarpara Sarbajanin Durga Puja Udjapon Committee president Amit Som Ghosh said that miscreants had damaged 15 idols at the temple at dead of night on Tuesday.In another incident, a temple committee member was injured in an attack by an illegal occupant over erection of a gate ahead of Durga Puja in Sirajdikhan upazila of Munshiganj district on Tuesday night.DIG (Dhaka Range) Mahfuzul Hauque Nuruzzaman said that around 21,000 police members will deployed in Dhaka Division during the Puja.Armed Police Battalion, Community Police, Village Defense Police (VDP) and other forces will be active with police, the DIG said. High officials of police and Superintendent of Police (SP) of all districts in the division, among others, were present during the meeting.