Local people put up barricade on Dhaka-Mawa highway following the death of a woman in a road accident in Kumarbhog area of Louhajang upazila of Munshiganj on Friday.

Witnesses said Ria Begum, 30, wife of Abdur Razzak, was killed when a Dhaka-bound bus of ‘Tungipara Paribahan’ hit a rickshaw carrying Rima near Padma Bridge Rehabilitation Centre at about11:00am, reported UNB.

Angered by the incident, local people put up barricade by torching tier on Dhaka-Mawa highway at Louhajang point, disrupting traffic movement on the busy road, said Samsuzzaman, assistant superintendent of Munshiganj Police.

Officer-in-charge (OC) of Louhajang Police Station Mollah Jakir went to the spot and tried to bring the situation under control.

At one stage, local people assaulted the OC when he was trying to remove the barricade, prompting him to leave the place.