Locals and family members of Azad Rashid, a local businessman who was murdered by unidentified miscreants last month, put a blockade on the Dhaka-Aricha highway in Thanastand area in Savar yesterday demanding the arrest of the alleged killers.
Consequently hundreds of vehicles got stuck on both sides of the highway that lasted for around one hour, creating immense suffering to the commuters in the heat of the summer.
Sources said Azad’s family as well as local people brought out a procession from the local police station area at noon protesting the delay in arresting the killers and then they placed a memorandum in this regard to Savar upazila nirbahi officer (UNO) Kamrul Hasan Mollah.
Afterwards, they put a blockade on the highway around 1:30pm, halting all types of vehicular movement there.
Being informed, police rushed to the spot and drove away the protesters from the scene.
Azad’s son Asaduzzaman alleged that police took a big amount of bribe from the accused, because of which they were reluctant to arrest the killers.
He also threatened to declare tougher protests unless the accused are arrested forthwith.
Denying allegation brought against police, Savar model police station OC Mostofa Kamal said they were trying best to arrest the killers involved in the Azad murder.
On May 11, some unidentified miscreants gunned down Azad while he was on his way home.
Later in the incident, his son Asaduzzaman filed a case accusing 11 people.
