Rautahat, June 12 -- Locals blocked the East-West Highway in ward 1 of Chandrapur Municipality, Rautahat, on Thursday morning after a man was killed in a hit-and-run incident.

The deceased has been identified as a 35-year-old Buddha Jimba of Mangalpur of the same ward.

According to police, Jimba was fatally struck by a vehicle at around 4-5am while leaving his house. The vehicle fled the scene immediately after the collision.

Following the incident, locals and the victim's relatives obstructed police from collecting the body and staged a protest by blocking the highway. The road remained closed for nearly five hours, causing a massive traffic jam and leaving commuters stranded in the scorching heat.

Police said they are reviewing CCTV...