Battery-run rickshaw drivers block Dhaka-M'singh highway

GAZIPUR, Mar 04 (UNB): Battery-run auto-rickshaw drivers on Tuesday blocked the busy Dhaka-Mymensingh highway in Gazipur for three hours protesting the killing of one of their fellows allegedly by bus workers on Monday.

The protest continued till 11am starting 8:00 am on the highway in Gargaria Master Bari area under Sreepur upazila of Gazipur, witnesses said.

The commuters were the worst suffers due to the blockade as vehicular movement came to a halt on both sides of the highway.

Sources said a looking glass of a Taqwa Paribahan bus broke when it hit an auto-rickshaw from behind in the Gargaria Master Bari area on Monday afternoon, leading to an argument between the bus helpers and the auto-rickshaw driver.

At one stage, the bus helpers took away the driver in their bus and left his body in Natun Bazar area allegedly after killing him.