Hindu idols vandalised in Kishoreganj

Miscreants in Kishoreganj have vandalised five Puja pandals on Wednesday.

They had been set up to celebrate the Durga Puja, the largest festival of the Bengali Hindus.

Idols of these five Puja pandals in Kishoreganj's Batrish area were damaged.

The local administration inspected the vandalised sites on Thursday morning.

"The perpetrators will be tracked down as soon as possible," said Kishorganj's Superintendent of Police Anwar Hossain Khan.

The Hindu community of Kishoreganj district has condemned the attack.

"This is a heinous incident. This is the first time something like this has happened in Kishoreganj. The local Hindus are in panic," said the district's Durga Puja Celebration Council President Bijay Shankar Roy.