Quell evil power
Focusing on martyrs' dreams with the slogan “Quell the evil power through implementation of the martyrs' dreams,” a youth organisation in Pabna town organised Durga Puja beyond the typical festivity.
Like the previous years, Shaheed Poltu Club organised the five-day festival at Gopalpur village and commemorated the martyred freedom fighters in Pabna.
The club started celebrating Durga Puja from the ‘90s with call to establish communal harmony among people of different religious communities and beyond typical religious festivity, said club President Swapan Saha.
One of the key organisers Pradip Sanyal Gopal said, besides offering prayers to the gods and goddesses, different cultural programmes and children's competition, focusing the spirit of Liberation War, will be held on the club premises.
Idris Ali Bishwas said the villagers, irrespective of religion, contributed to organising the Durga Puja every year.
On October 14, 1971, Pakistani army caught Poltu and his two friends -- Matiur Rahman and Abdul Mannan -- while they were going for an operation. Later, they killed the three freedom fighters.
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