Sholakia Eidgah ready, Eid jamaat at 10am

All preparations including foolproof security measures are almost complete to hold the 198th jamaat (congregation) of the Eid-ul-Fitr at the Sholakia Eidgah ground this year. The Eid jamaat will be held at 10am at the grand venue.

Four-tier security measures have been taken in and around the historic Sholakia Eidgah in Kishoreganj district to observe the Eid-ul-Fitr amid festivity.

Sholakia Eidgah Maidan management committee president also Kishoreganj deputy commissioner (DC) Fauzia Khan made the announcement after visiting the site and overseeing ongoing works on Saturday.

Rapid Action Battalion (RAB)-14, Mymensingh captain additional DIG Naimul Islam and Kishoreganj's superintendent of police (SP) Mohammad Hasan Chowdhury were present on the occasion.

Fauzia Khan said devotees will not be allowed to enter Eidgah with anything other than a cap, prayer mat and mobile phone.

Umbrellas too will not be allowed, said the DC, adding, for the convenience of the devotees arriving at the Sholakia Eidgah Maidan, two special trains named Sholakia Express will operate on the Kishoreganj-Mymensingh and Bhairab-Kishoreganj routes on the Eid day.

In a bid to ensure security, five platoons of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB), 1,100 police members in uniform and plain clothes and hundreds of RAB and Ansar members will be deployed in and around the Eidgah venue.

For further security of devotees, law enforcers will take position on roofs of buildings in the adjacent areas of the ground.
The attendees will require passing through at least four police checkpoints to enter the Eidgah Maidan.

RAB and policemen will monitor movement of people with binoculars from six watch towers, in addition to four drone and several CCTV cameras across the area.