Local people jammed the Kushtia-Rajbari road for nearly half an hour over protesting the death of a schoolgirl in a road accident in Kumarkhali upazila of Kushtia district on Monday.
Samia Arfin Shohagi, aged 7, a schoolgirl and daughter of Sohan Sheikh lost her life and two others were injured as a motorbike hit them in front of Charaikol Government Primary School in Kumarkhali upazila in the afternoon, said Md Mohsin Hossain, officer-in-charge of Kumarkhali Police Station.
The wounded Halima Akter Munni, a class II student, and Naimul Hossain Nayan, son of Hekmat Ali were experiencing treatment at a local hospital.
Tense local people put up barricades on the Kushtia-Rajbari highway demanding an instalment of a speed breaker in front of the school and punishment of the motorbike driver, disrupting traffic movement.
Later, the traffic movement came to normal after half an hour as the local people cleared the road following police involvement.
Police detained the motorbike and arrested the driver.
Legal steps will be taken after getting a written complaint from the victim’s family.