They also smashed several vehicles on the Dhaka-Chittagong Highway, police say.
Two supporters of the radical group have been detained, Officer in-Charge of Sonargaon Police Station Atiqur Rahman said.
Police said the Hifazat supporters blocked rail tracks at Chasarah around 6am on Monday but police chased them away.
Fatullah Railway Station’s Master Sanowar Hossain said trains to Dhaka have been suspended since 8am due to safety concerns.
Strikers gathered and staged protests at Chasharah intersection in the morning.
Meanwhile, pro-shutdown activists blocked the Dhaka-Chittagong Highway for nearly two hours at Kanchpur at around 8am and damaged several vehicles. They fought pitched battles with the police when the law keepers intervened.
Businesses and transport operations have remained suspended. A large number of policemen have been deployed in the city to avert any untoward incident.
Long distance bus operations have remained grounded.
Sub Inspector Golam Mostofa of Konabarhi Police Station said Hifazat supporters have gathered on the Gazipur-Tangail Highway.
He said vehicles on the road are using alternative routes and large number of law keepers had been deployed to avert violence
Two supporters of the radical group have been detained, Officer in-Charge of Sonargaon Police Station Atiqur Rahman said.
Supporters of Hifazat-e Islam have blocked roads and rail tracks in Narayangaj cutting off rail links to Dhaka during their daylong countrywide shutdown.
Police said the Hifazat supporters blocked rail tracks at Chasarah around 6am on Monday but police chased them away.
Fatullah Railway Station’s Master Sanowar Hossain said trains to Dhaka have been suspended since 8am due to safety concerns.
Strikers gathered and staged protests at Chasharah intersection in the morning.
Meanwhile, pro-shutdown activists blocked the Dhaka-Chittagong Highway for nearly two hours at Kanchpur at around 8am and damaged several vehicles. They fought pitched battles with the police when the law keepers intervened.
Businesses and transport operations have remained suspended. A large number of policemen have been deployed in the city to avert any untoward incident.
Long distance bus operations have remained grounded.
Sub Inspector Golam Mostofa of Konabarhi Police Station said Hifazat supporters have gathered on the Gazipur-Tangail Highway.
He said vehicles on the road are using alternative routes and large number of law keepers had been deployed to avert violence
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