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Puja pandals vandalism: 71 cases filed, 450 arrested

Districts Correspondents  | banglanews24.com
Update: 2021-10-19 12:14:32
Puja pandals vandalism: 71 cases filed, 450 arrested

A total of 71 cases have been filed with different parts of the country in connection with attacking and vandalising temple and puja mandaps.

Besides, 450 people have been arrested on suspicion of being involved in these incidents Md Kamruzzaman, AIG (Media and PR) of Police told Banglanews.

Filing of more cases is underway, he said.

The number of arrestees may rise as police operations are underway to arrest the persons involved, the AIG added.

He also said: "Some individuals or vested groups are deliberately spreading rumors and confusion on social media to destroy the existing communal harmony in the country. In many cases, conspirators distort or misinterpret information through social media posts in an attempt to create unrest in the country."

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