Hooghly, 06 October (H.S.): Tension was reported in Dankuni’s Ward No. 10 after a Durga idol at the Dankuni Abasan Sarbojanin Puja Committee’s puja venue was allegedly damaged.

The incident came to light on Tuesday morning, following which the organisers informed the Dankuni Police Station. Acting on the information, DCP (Serampore) Chandannagar Police Commissionerate, Arnab Biswas reached the spot along with a police team and inspected the site. Police also photographed the damaged idol and began examining the circumstances surrounding the incident.

According to the puja organisers, the idol was allegedly damaged intentionally. They claimed that unidentified persons attempted to break one hand of Goddess Durga, one hand of Goddess Lakshmi and one hand of Lord Ganesha late Monday night.

The incident was noticed on Tuesday morning, following which a complaint was made to the police. The police are now investigating the matter and trying to determine how the idols were damaged and who was responsible for the incident.

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Hindusthan Samachar / Priyanka Pandey