Security forces guard Hindu devotees arriving to offer prayers during the Durga Puja festival, outside a temple in Dhaka, Bangladesh on October 11, 2024. Photo courtesy: Reuters
between random Vandalism during Durga Puja celebrationsPolice on Saturday (October 12, 2024) said it has planned elaborate security measures for the Bijay Dashami procession and idol immersion on Sunday.
Three control rooms have been set up on the route of the procession, three watch towers have been set up, including at Waizghat where the immersion will take place and a dog squad, a bomb disposal unit, crime scene team and SWAT team will be on standby. round-the-clock to ensure smooth and organized celebrations, Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) said in a release.
The five-day Hindu religious festival began on Wednesday with the invocation of Goddess Durga on the occasion of Maha Shashthi. The festival will conclude on Sunday with the immersion of the idols of Goddess Durga.
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A crude bomb was reportedly hurled at a Durga Puja pavilion in Tanti Bazaar area of Old Dhaka and although the bomb caught fire, no one was injured. prothom aloe He said, the incident happened on Friday night.
From October 1 to Friday, 17 people were arrested and around a dozen cases registered after around 35 untoward incidents related to the ongoing Durga Puja celebrations in Bangladesh. dhaka tribune Inspector General of Police (IGP) Mohammad Moinul Islam was quoted as saying.
The Daily StarThe DMP release quoted it as saying that the proposed route for the immersion procession would start from Dhakeshwari National Temple.
Earlier in the afternoon, apparently inspired by the latest attack on the Durga Puja pavilion, Mohammad Yunus, chief adviser to the interim government of Bangladesh, visited the Dhakeshwari National Temple, one of the major Shakti Peethas in the old part of the city. Contrary to the previously announced plan of Sunday’s visit.
The Daily Star Speaking during a ceremony at the Dhakeshwari temple, Mr Yunus said the government wanted to build Bangladesh in a way where the rights of every citizen would be ensured.
Mr Yunus said, “During Durga Puja, law enforcement agencies have sincerely done the ‘tough’ job of ensuring public safety. However, taking the support of law enforcement agencies while celebrating an occasion is a collective failure.”
Two days ago, a gold crown was stolen from a famous Kali temple in southwest Bangladesh.
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Terming the incidents of vandalism as condemnable and that they follow a systematic pattern of desecration of temples and deities in Bangladesh, India calls on the Government of Bangladesh to ensure the safety and security of Hindus and all minorities and their places of worship, especially Invokes. During this auspicious festival time.
Minority Hindu population – Only 8% of Bangladesh’s 170 million population are Hindus, who have regularly faced the destruction of their businesses, properties and temples during and since the student-led violence that resulted from Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Had to step down from the post. 5th August.
published – October 13, 2024 03:18 am IST