Students of Islamic University, along with local people, blocked Kushtia-Jhenaidah national highway on Saturday, protesting the decision to relocate the IU police station to Jhaudia.
The blockade caused a traffic jam stretching nearly five kilometres on both sides of the highway.
Residents from nearby areas, including Bittipara, Horinarayanpur, Lakshmipur, Madhupur, Abdalpur, and Shantidanga, marched to the university campus and staged protest at about 12:00pm.
Abu Bakar Siddique, general secretary of Islamic University police station implementation committee, said, that they intended to hold a peaceful demonstration but the agitated locals refused to clear the road.
鈥榃e will lift the blockade only if the police superintendent or deputy commissioner officially announces the cancellation of the relocation decision,鈥� he added.
Earlier, hundreds of residents from Madhupur, Lakshmipur, and Bittipara marched to the university campus, chanting slogans and rejecting the 鈥榰njust decision鈥� to relocate the police station.
Upon reaching the campus, they blocked the highway.
On February 4, locals had staged a similar blockade on the same highway demanding the immediate relocation of the police station to Jhaudia.
Kushtia superintendent of police Mizanur Rahman said no final decision was made yet and the matter would be resolved through discussions.