BSS, Khulna :
Khulna Metropolitan Police (KMP) has taken three-tier security arrangement to ensure peaceful celebration of upcoming Durga Puja, the largest religious festival of the Hindu community.
The decision was taken in a meeting on Thursday at the KMP headquarters chaired by its commissioner Humayun Kabir.
He said, “The foolproof security will be given from a day before Durga puja starts, which will continue until immersion of idols.”
“KMP has taken also 13-point decision to ensure peaceful celebration of the Durga Puja,” the KMP Commissioner said, adding that it will also set up a control room to monitor the situation during the Puja.
The decision includes to deploy 10 members of law enforcing agencies to every important Puja mandap while eight members to deploy a general Pujamandap, to set up CC cameras at different strategic points to monitor the security measures by respective Puja Management Committee, to refrain from
mike sound during prayers, wearing caps and badges for volunteers and keeping phone numbers of local Police and Fire Service Stations.
Humayun Kabir claimed that the overall law and order in the city improved in the last one year as the rate of criminal acts came down during the period.
The KMP will deploy over 2,000 police personnel at 123 Puja mandaps in the city and will set up 16 check posts at different strategic points in the metropolis aiming to ensure foolproof security during the festival.
Besides, the intelligence agencies are directed to intensify their round the clock vigilance in and around the city.
Additional Police Commissioner Rokibul Islam, Deputy Police Commissioners Fazlur Rahman, Molla Zahangir Hossain, Ehsan Shah, BM Nuruzzaman and Saiful Haque were present, among others.
BSS from Rajshahi adds: Rajshahi Metropolitan Police (RMP) will adopt foolproof security measures for ensuring a successful celebration of forthcoming Durga Puja, the largest religious festival of the Hindu community, everywhere in Rajshahi city.
The RMP authorities expressed the commitment while holding a view-sharing meeting with leaders and members of Puja Udjapan Parishad (PUP) on Saradiya Durga Puja at RMP headquarters here on Wednesday.
The meeting discussed and devised ways and means to ensure a peaceful law and order situation during the Puja celebration.
Chaired by RMP Commissioner AKM Hafiz Akter, the meeting was addressed by Additional Commissioner Sujayet Islam and Deputy Commissioners Tanveer Haider Chowdhury, Amir Jafar, Sazid Hossain, Hemayetul Islam, Abu Ahammad Al Mamun, Saiful Islam, Joynul Abedeen, Anirban Chakma, Saifuddin Shahin and Alamgir Hossain.
On behalf of the PUP, Alok Kumar Das, Advocate Sharat Chandra Sarker, Anil Kumar, Dr Sujit Kumar Sarker and Shamayal Kumar, among others, joined the meeting and took part in open discussion.
The meeting was told that the puja will be celebrated at 97 mondaps in the city from October 14 to 19 as elsewhere in the country.
In his remarks, RMP Commissioner Hafiz Akter said there will be adequate security measures centering the puja celebration and intelligence activities have already been enhanced to this end.
He urged the PUP leaders to set up close circuit cameras in the major puja mondaps and arrange separate incoming and outgoing ways for male and femaledevotees.
The RMP chief also asked the officers-in-charge of the police stations tokeep close contact with the puja committees round the clock. He urged the traffic division to ensure improved traffic management during the festival.
Khulna Metropolitan Police (KMP) has taken three-tier security arrangement to ensure peaceful celebration of upcoming Durga Puja, the largest religious festival of the Hindu community.
The decision was taken in a meeting on Thursday at the KMP headquarters chaired by its commissioner Humayun Kabir.
He said, “The foolproof security will be given from a day before Durga puja starts, which will continue until immersion of idols.”
“KMP has taken also 13-point decision to ensure peaceful celebration of the Durga Puja,” the KMP Commissioner said, adding that it will also set up a control room to monitor the situation during the Puja.
The decision includes to deploy 10 members of law enforcing agencies to every important Puja mandap while eight members to deploy a general Pujamandap, to set up CC cameras at different strategic points to monitor the security measures by respective Puja Management Committee, to refrain from
mike sound during prayers, wearing caps and badges for volunteers and keeping phone numbers of local Police and Fire Service Stations.
Humayun Kabir claimed that the overall law and order in the city improved in the last one year as the rate of criminal acts came down during the period.
The KMP will deploy over 2,000 police personnel at 123 Puja mandaps in the city and will set up 16 check posts at different strategic points in the metropolis aiming to ensure foolproof security during the festival.
Besides, the intelligence agencies are directed to intensify their round the clock vigilance in and around the city.
Additional Police Commissioner Rokibul Islam, Deputy Police Commissioners Fazlur Rahman, Molla Zahangir Hossain, Ehsan Shah, BM Nuruzzaman and Saiful Haque were present, among others.
BSS from Rajshahi adds: Rajshahi Metropolitan Police (RMP) will adopt foolproof security measures for ensuring a successful celebration of forthcoming Durga Puja, the largest religious festival of the Hindu community, everywhere in Rajshahi city.
The RMP authorities expressed the commitment while holding a view-sharing meeting with leaders and members of Puja Udjapan Parishad (PUP) on Saradiya Durga Puja at RMP headquarters here on Wednesday.
The meeting discussed and devised ways and means to ensure a peaceful law and order situation during the Puja celebration.
Chaired by RMP Commissioner AKM Hafiz Akter, the meeting was addressed by Additional Commissioner Sujayet Islam and Deputy Commissioners Tanveer Haider Chowdhury, Amir Jafar, Sazid Hossain, Hemayetul Islam, Abu Ahammad Al Mamun, Saiful Islam, Joynul Abedeen, Anirban Chakma, Saifuddin Shahin and Alamgir Hossain.
On behalf of the PUP, Alok Kumar Das, Advocate Sharat Chandra Sarker, Anil Kumar, Dr Sujit Kumar Sarker and Shamayal Kumar, among others, joined the meeting and took part in open discussion.
The meeting was told that the puja will be celebrated at 97 mondaps in the city from October 14 to 19 as elsewhere in the country.
In his remarks, RMP Commissioner Hafiz Akter said there will be adequate security measures centering the puja celebration and intelligence activities have already been enhanced to this end.
He urged the PUP leaders to set up close circuit cameras in the major puja mondaps and arrange separate incoming and outgoing ways for male and femaledevotees.
The RMP chief also asked the officers-in-charge of the police stations tokeep close contact with the puja committees round the clock. He urged the traffic division to ensure improved traffic management during the festival.
