A 10-km long tailback formed on the Dhaka-Chittagong highway on Monday as students blocked the road at Kotbari in Comilla Sadar South upazila of Comilla protesting recent violence against women and children across the country.
Students from different schools and colleges including Comilla Modern High School, Comilla Government College, Comilla Women College and Comilla Government Victoria College, took to the highway around 10:30am and chanted slogans protesting rapes.
Vehicular movement on the busy highway remained suspended for two hours following the blockade, creating a long tailback and causing commuters’ suffering.
The students also threatened to go for tougher movement if the authorities concerned fail to ensure exemplary punishment of the rapists.
On information, police rushed to the spot and requested the students to withdraw their blockade.
The traffic movement returned to normal around 1pm after police intervention.
