4 lakh security personnel deployed for Durga Puja: Jahangir

Home Adviser Lieutenant General (Retd) Md Jahangir Alam Chowdhury on Sunday, September 28, said that around one lakh members of the armed forces, 70,000 police, more than two lakh Ansar, and 430 platoons of BGB have been deployed across the country to ensure peaceful, festive, and safe celebrations of Durga Puja. "A total of 2,03,564 Ansar personnel have been deployed centering the Durga Puja. Apart from them, 70,000 police personnel, one lakh armed forces personnel, and 430 platoons of BGB have been engaged to ensure peaceful and joyous celebrations of the Durga Puja," he said. He was speaking to journalists after coming out of the Core Committee meeting on law and order at his office at the Bangladesh Secretariat. To...