Madrasha students and followers of slain Islamic thinker Moulana Nurul Islam Farooqi staged demonstration and barricaded roads in the city, and Chandanaish upazila on Thursday.
About 2,000 supporters of farooqi took to the street at Muradpur crossing in the port city at about 8:30am and demonstrated till 10am.
They angry people also set fire to over 50 tyres and put up barricade at different points, disrupting traffic.
Farooqi’s supporters left Muradpur crossing at about 10:30am and went to Chittagong Press Club as police rushed to the scene and removed the barricades.
Meanwhile, leaders and activists of Islamic Chhatra Sena and Islamic Front demonstrated on the Chittagong-Cox’s Bazar Road at about 10:45am, disrupting vehicular movement on the road.
The situation became normal at about 11:45am after police intervention, said Satkania Circle ASP AKM Emran Bhuiyan.
