Rangpur Metropolitan Police (RpMP) Commissioner Md Majid Ali on Sunday sought the cooperation of all concerned for peaceful celebrations of the Durga Puja at all mandaps in the metropolis.
"To this end, RpMP will devotedly perform assigned duties to maintain peaceful law and order at the Puja mandaps in the city," he said this while presiding over a views-exchange meeting held on the occasion of Durga Puja at his conference room.
The RpMP Chief said that the greatest religious festival of the Sanaton community is Durga Puja. This year, Durga Puja will be celebrated at 164 Puja mandaps under six police stations in the metropolis, reports BSS.
"The RpMP along with other law enforcement agencies will be on alert before the Puja, during the Puja and till completion of the process of immersion of idols," he said.
Along with police, intelligence personnel, a quick response team and bomb disposal unit will be ready round the clock to deal with any untoward situation.
He said to the leaders and members of the Durga Puja celebration committees, "Bangladesh is a country of communal harmony. All must refrain from actions that may destroy harmony and should not listen to any kind of rumours."
He especially called upon the Puja mandap authorities to take necessary steps to avoid incidents like gambling, drugs, and eve-teasing during the Puja festivities.
He said adequate lighting should be provided in the pavilions along with CCTV cameras. There should be separate entrances and exits for men and women in the worship halls.
The RpMP Chief also stressed the use of routes designated by the traffic police to ease traffic congestion during the Durga Puja celebrations.
Government officials, political leaders, members of the law enforcement
agencies, leaders of the Rangpur city unit of Bangladesh Puja Udjapan Parishad (BPUP), Sanaton community leaders and journalists attended the event.
