India, March 23 -- A group of miscreants recently disrupted a Baul music event in Sreepur village, Bangladesh, on Sunday, according to media reports.

Gazi Mahbubur Rahman, Officer-in-Charge (OC) of Bishwanath Police Station, told Dhaka Tribune that police visited the scene on Monday afternoon after receiving information about the incident. He added that the situation is currently calm.

Sources said that Baul music sessions have long been held around the Ebrai Shah Mazar (shrine) in Rampasha Union of the upazila. This year, a three-day Baul festival was organised in keeping with the tradition.

This marks the first reported attack on a Baul event in Bangladesh since the country elected a new government.

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