Bagerhat, Oct 12 (UNB) – Idols of Hindu goddesses were vandalised by miscreants at a Durga Puja Mandap at Charborobaria Purbopara village in Chitalmari upazila on Friday night.
Villagers said demanded immediate arrest of the miscreants.
The Mandap was set up around eight years ago. Puja Mandap Committee President Nripen Chandra said miscreants broke into the Mandap at night and vandalised the idols.
On Monday night, a group of Muslim youths entered the Mandap yard and harassed women, he said. They went away after the Mandap committee members protested.
He said he suspected the youths were involved in vandalism.
Mir Shariful Haque, officer-in-charge of Chitalmari Police Station, said Nripen had filed a case in this connection.
Bagerhat police chief Pankaj Chandra Roy visited the Puja Mandap on Saturday morning.
Police have launched drives to arrest the miscreants.