Celebrate Puja spontaneously, home adviser urges Hindu devotees

Home Adviser Lieutenant General (Retd) Md Jahangir Alam Chowdhury has called upon the country’s Hindu community to celebrate the Durga Puja spontaneously with enthusiasm and festivity as the government took all-out security measures centering the festival.

“The Ministry of Home Affairs has taken different measures so that the Hindu devotees can celebrate the Puja peacefully without any hindrance,” he said.

The home adviser said this while speaking at a function organized by Baridhara DOHS Puja Committee at Baridhara DOHS Convention Centre in the capital on Wednesday (October 9) evening on the occasion of the Maha Shasthi.

Jahangir said eight directives have already been sent to the field administration and law enforcement agencies while additionally members of police, RAB, and Ansar have been deployed for maintaining law and order during the Durga Puja.

Baridhara DOHS Puja Committee President Major General (Retd) Jibon Kanai Das presided over the event while Senior Vice President of Baridhara DOHS Council Lieutenant Colonel (Retd) Akram Hossain spoke as special guest.