Masked miscreants attacked and desecrated the idol of Swaraswati, the goddess of knowledge, in Sreepur upazila, Gazipur early on Wednesday.
About seven masked miscreants attacked on the mondap in Barami Bazar area around 3am, the pooja organiser committee President Susanta Saha said.
They beat up two musicians Raju Ahmed, 21, and Anwarul Islam, 18, when the duo tried to stop them, he said. “The miscreants took the head of the idol and fled.”
The injured were given primary treatments.
Sreepur police station Officer-in-Charge Amir Hossain said he was aware of the attack and the desecration but was yet to visit the pooja mondap site.
The Swaraswati pooja was observed throughout the country on Tuesday.