<div><span style="font-size: 1rem;">Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) Commissioner Md Shafiqul Islam on Thursday said police are ready to thwart any possible militant attack during the Durga Puja celebration.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>The DMP Commissioner came up with the remark while talking to reporters after inspecting security measures taken for Durga Puja at Dhakeshwari temple in the capital on Thursday.</div><div><br></div><div>Durga Puja, the biggest religious festival of the Hindu community, will begin from Saturday (October 1) with various rituals on the day of Maha Shashthi and will end on October 5 with immersion of idols.</div><div><br></div><div>Durga Puja will be held at 32,168 mandaps (pandals), including 241 in the capital city, across the country this year.</div><div><br></div><div>The top official of the DMP said that 50 youths have left their homes in the last one month and intelligence surveillance is being conducted to find them.</div><div><br></div><div>Police are working keeping in mind any possible militant attack, he said.</div><div><br></div><div>The DMP Commissioner said that efforts are on to bring each pujja mandaps under CCTV cameras.</div><div><br></div><div>Besides, the Puja Mandaps, where there are no CCTV cameras, will be kept under surveillance by police and Ansar members for 24 hours. - UNB</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>