CCTV camera mandatory at all puja mandaps
Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal yesterday said it is mandatory to install CCTV cameras at all puja mandaps to ensure security during the upcoming Durga Puja.
"Last year, we had directed to install CCTV cameras but it was not complied with. There was no camera at the temple (Nanua Dighir Par puja mandap in Cumilla)... We could have instantly arrested the perpetrator if the temple was brought under the CCTV coverage," he said.
The minister was talking to reporters at his secretariat office after a meeting on law and order during Durga Puja.
A man put the Quran inside Nanua Dighir Par puja mandap in Cumilla city during last year's Puja on October 13, which led to communal attacks on mandaps as well as Hindu homes at different places of the country.
A team of police later arrested 35-year-old Iqbal Hossain, a resident of Sujanagar area under Cumilla City Corporation, from Cox's Bazar in this connection.
During yesterday's briefing, the minister said the organisers have been asked to deploy sufficient numbers of volunteers at the mandaps.
"Law enforcers last year discharged their duties through patrolling at the mandaps due to Covid-19 situation. This year, members of law enforcement agencies and Ansar will be posted at the mandaps," he said.
The home boss said they would monitor social media platforms and take steps if anyone spread any rumour.
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