3-tier security measure taken for Durga Puja in Khulna: KMP

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KHULNA, Oct 6, 2018 (BSS)- 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 Puja
mandap, 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.