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DMP for tight security measures over Tajia processions
DHAKA, Sept 7, 2019 (BSS) – A stringent security measure will be clamped
down across the old city’s Hossaini Dalan area for peaceful observance of the
holy Ashura on Tuesday commemorating the martyrdom of Hazrat Imam Hossain
(RA), grandson of Prophet Hazrat Muhammad (PBUH).
“The security arrangement is planned mainly to provide foolproof security
to each of the Tajia michhils (processions) to evade untoward incidents,”
said Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) Commissioner Asaduzzaman Mia while
talking to reporters after inspecting the security arrangements at Imambara
Hussaini Dalan in old Dhaka.
He said highest security measures have been taken at Boro Katara Imambara,
Khoja Shiya Isnusari Imambara and Bibika Rowja areas of the old city.
The DMP commissioner said bags and sharp objects such as knife, sword, and
blade, explosives, tea flax, pressure cooker, and flag staff taller than 12
feet will not be allowed in the procession while firecrackers will remain
banned during the event.
He said no one will be allowed to join a moving procession from outside.
The organizers will deploy sufficient numbers of volunteers, who will wear
specified dress and bear identity cards, he added.
Imambara Hussaini Dalan area has been brought under foolproof security with
installing closed circuit camera televisions (CCTVs), and archways, and none
will be allowed to join the procession without search.
Dog squads of police and Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) will sweep each of
the venues of the Ashura while police personnel will be posted on rooftops
along the areas where the procession will march, said the DMP chief.
BSS/MMB/MKD/ARS/1806 hrs