Kishoreganj’s ‘Pagla Mosque’ collects 32 sacks of donation

Authorities collected 32 sacks of cash and gold from the donation boxes of the historic Pagla Mosque in Kishoreganj on Saturday morning, following a gap of four months and 17 days since the previous count.

The nine donation boxes were opened around 7am in the presence of Kishoreganj Deputy Commissioner (DC) and President of Pagla Mosque Management Committee Fouzia Khan and Superintendent of Police Hasan Chowdhury.

A team of nearly 500 people, including members of the mosque management committee, as well as teachers and students from the madrasa and orphanage within the mosque complex, participated in the counting process.

Additional Deputy Commissioner (General) of Kishoreganj, Mizabe Rahmat, Additional Deputy Commissioner (Revenue) Mohammad Nahid Hasan Khan, Additional Deputy Commissioner (Education and ICT) Jesmin Akhtar, Sadar upazila UNO Kamrul Hasan Maruf, and Assistant General Manager (AGM) of Rupali Bank Mohammad Ali Haresi, along with 220 students of the historical Jamia Imdadiya Madrasa, 120 students from the Nurul Quran Hafizia Madrasa of Pagla Mosque, 100 staff members of the bank, 34 members of the mosque committee, and 20 members of the law enforcement agency participated.

Earlier, on April 12, the authorities recovered over Tk 9.17 lakh from 11 donation boxes.

In addition, a substantial amount of foreign currency and gold ornaments were also retrieved from the donation boxes.