Hefazat enforces daylong hartal

The nationwide dawn-to-dusk hartal called by Hefajat-e-Islam is underway.

Hefajat activists blocked Dhaka-Chattogram highway by setting fire to tyres at different points in Jatrabari and Signboard areas since around 7:30am.

Around 300 Hefajat men also blocked the road at Mohammadpur bus stand by setting fire to tyres for an hour since 6:30am.

Picketers also blocked a road in Basila area of Mohammadpur in the morning, causing traffic gridlock in the surrounding areas for an hour.

Hefajat activists brought out processions in Baitul Mukarram, Lalbagh, Mohammadpur and Jatrabari areas in the capital in the morning.

Vehicular movement was low on the streets in the capital, our correspondents from different points of the city reported.

Hefajat activists were seen talking to bus drivers and passengers at some points in the city, asking them to support the hartal protesting the deaths of their fellow activists during anti-Modi demonstrations in Brahmanbaria and Chattogram.

A large number of law enforcers were seen patroling major streets in Dhaka.