Chattogram Deputy Commissioner Farida Khanom said on Thursday night time that the authorities would arrest six youths within Forty eight hours who took the stage at a puja mandap and sang two songs, including an Islamic one, claiming they would simplest advise a patriotic tune.
“No topic who they’re and how vital they’re, they’ll be arrested accurate by means of the subsequent 24 to Forty eight hours,” she said while visiting the JM Sen Hall Puja mandap.
A neighborhood of six youths disrupted the puja stage at JM Sen Hall, the greatest puja mandap within the port metropolis, and sang two songs, which angered the Hindu neighborhood, who were peacefully celebrating Durga Puja.
A video of the incident has gone viral on social media, with some claiming that the offenders were Shibir individuals, even supposing the identities of the youths have yet to be confirmed.
“We are in a position to no longer rob it flippantly. Here’s a immoral act. We’re attempting to name them by means of honest authorities,” Bangladesh Puja Event Committee, Chattogram Frequent Secretary Sukanta Mohajan Tutul instructed UNB on the puja venue.
He mentioned that the youths before all the things instructed the Puja Committee individuals that they would advise a patriotic tune but as a change sang two Islamic songs.
Tutul added that that they had identified the individuals as individuals of the Chattogram Cultural Academy.
Hearsay Scanner, an just Bangladeshi truth-checking internet situation that debunks groundless files, myths, and misinformation, confirmed that the viral video became right and unedited.
DC Farida Khanom criticised the person to blame of the stage on the time, pointing out that they did no longer originate their responsibilities smartly.
She also informed the Puja Event Committee to rob action in opposition to the person to blame for managing the stage.
“Bangladesh is a rustic of religious solidarity. Here’s a festival for all. We have taken all significant preparations to make definite silent celebrations of the festival,” she said.
Puja Committee President Ashish Bhattacharya said the incident became hurtful and assured the native administration that they would suspend the person that became to blame of the stage.
Talking to UNB, Tutul defined that they arranged cultural functions in two sessions and that the incident took area accurate by means of the principle session.
CA’s Deputy Press Secretary Apurba Jahangir, Assistant Press Secretaries Nayem Ali and Shuchismita Tithi, and senior authorities officials visited the positioning and talked to the Puja Committee individuals.
President of the Chattogram Cultural Academy, Selim Jaman, claimed that the Puja Committee had invited them to originate.
About 2,000 police personnel were deployed within the metropolis to make definite safety accurate by means of Durga Puja.
In Chattogram, Durga Puja is being renowned at 2,458 locations, including 293 puja mandaps within the metropolis and a pair of,165 in 15 upazilas of the district.
Earlier, Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus prolonged greetings to all individuals of the Hindu neighborhood within the country and reiterated that Bangladesh is a rustic of communal solidarity.
