DMP to set up makeshift control room at Dhakeswari Temple
Tuesday, 23 September 2008
Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) will set up a makeshift control room at Dhakeswari National Temple alongside intensifying security of the devotees engaging extra plainclothesmen across the city during the coming Durga Puja, reports BSS.
DMP commissioner Naim Ahmed said this while exchanging views with Bangladesh Puja Udjapan Parishad and Dhaka Mohanagar Sarbajanin Puja Committee at his office in the city Monday.
The capital city this year is set to witness 165 puja mandaps, with one in Gulshan area for the first time, as the Hindu community will celebrate their greatest religious festival from October 5 to 9. Last year 159 mandaps were erected in the capital city.
Dhaka Mohanagar Sarbojonin Puja Committee president Kajal Debnath told the news agency that they had proposed some measures during the talks with the police commissioner.
"The police commissioner assured us of taking all necessary steps as far as security issues are concerned," Debnath said.
Bangladesh Puja Udjapan Parishad president Nim Chandra Bhoumik, senior vice president Swapan Kumar Saha, general secretary advocate Satyendra Chandra Bhakhta, joint secretary Joyanta Kumar Deb, Mahanagar Puja Committee general secretary advocate Taposh Kumar Pal and deputy commissioners of DMP were also present at the meeting.
DMP commissioner Naim Ahmed said this while exchanging views with Bangladesh Puja Udjapan Parishad and Dhaka Mohanagar Sarbajanin Puja Committee at his office in the city Monday.
The capital city this year is set to witness 165 puja mandaps, with one in Gulshan area for the first time, as the Hindu community will celebrate their greatest religious festival from October 5 to 9. Last year 159 mandaps were erected in the capital city.
Dhaka Mohanagar Sarbojonin Puja Committee president Kajal Debnath told the news agency that they had proposed some measures during the talks with the police commissioner.
"The police commissioner assured us of taking all necessary steps as far as security issues are concerned," Debnath said.
Bangladesh Puja Udjapan Parishad president Nim Chandra Bhoumik, senior vice president Swapan Kumar Saha, general secretary advocate Satyendra Chandra Bhakhta, joint secretary Joyanta Kumar Deb, Mahanagar Puja Committee general secretary advocate Taposh Kumar Pal and deputy commissioners of DMP were also present at the meeting.