The law enforcers stopped more than a hundred vehicles from Moghbazar to Mouchak area alone in the city and asked those to stay on roads until the curfew is lifted at dawn.

They also stopped many private cars and taxicabs, and hundreds of people were seen waiting with their families by the roadsides.

Reports also came that hundreds of trucks loaded with vegetables from different districts could not reach Karwan Bazar as of 1:30am last night.

Even after journalists and others belonging to different emergency services produced proper documents of their identity, the police demanded special passes from them.

The law enforcers even tore off the banners tagged in front of the media vehicles and asked the drivers to park their vehicles on roads.

The police stopped two CNG-run autorickshaws of The Daily Star for more than two hours at Moghbazar and Mouchak while they were taking its staff to their homes.

When The Daily Star correspondents rushed to the areas, the on-duty officers misbehaved with them and bullied not to let the two vehicles go.

After an exchange of hot talks, the law enforcers let The Daily Star vehicles and several others go.

However, a hundred more vehicles, carrying medicines and vegetables, and also a few ones that just entered the capital from different districts were parked in lines on roads as of 1:00am last night.

"I came to Dhaka from Sylhet to deliver medicine supply, but the police stopped my vehicle for more than an hour and told me that I would have to wait until 5:00am," said Alal, a driver of Opsonin Ltd.

He said he did not know about the curfew when he started from Sylhet.