Dhaka: Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan on Tuesday said adequate security measures have been taken to ensure that people of Hindu community celebrate the Durga Puja without any hassle this year.

Security will be provided to protect the idols as well as the puja mandaps as those are being prepared ahead of the largest religious festival of Hindu community, besides the beefed up security planned for the puja programmes as well as during the idol immersion across the country, he said while talking to reporters at the Secretariat.

Four Ansar members will be deployed alongside policemen in every puja mandap across the country in order to ward off any untoward incident, said the Home Minister.

Besides, members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) will patrol alongside police forces in the districts adjacent to the border, he added.

Asaduzzaman also noted that the border guards will also be deployed in other parts of the country, if needed.

All out efforts have been taken as Durga Puja and Ashura, a religious programme of the muslims, will be held simultaneously in the country, he said.

Top officials of law enforcement and intelligence agencies were present in the meeting.