Protesting Puja Committee members in front of the wrecked image of Goddess Durga under construction. in Dinajpur. BD NF Photo.Dinajpur || 23rd Sept. 2011 || Unidentified miscreants wrecked two idols of Durga in two upazilas of Dinajpur district on Thursday night, a few days ahead of the biggest festival of the Hindu community.
The four-day Durga puja starts on October 2.
The incidents took place at Paikpara village under Birol upazila and Deior Salghoria village under Birampur upzila.
Dinajpur police super Moinul Islam confirmed the sacrilege and said the police had started investigations into the incidents.
He said the police already arrested a man in Birol on suspicion of his involvement in the crime.
Parimal Chakrabarty, a leader of the Dinajpur district Puja Udjapon Parishad, expressed his concern at the incidents and called on the district administration to step up security at the Hindu temples.
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