Ludhiana, March 10 -- Traffic on the Ludhiana-Ferozepur Road came to a standstill for nearly two hours on Monday afternoon after relatives of a 48-year-old woman who died in a road accident earlier this week staged a protest near the old octroi post, alleging police inaction in arresting the accused driver.

The protesters, mostly family members of the deceased, blocked the busy stretch demanding immediate action in the case. The blockade crippled vehicular movement on the road, leaving hundreds of vehicles stranded in kilometre-long queues on both sides and causing severe inconvenience to commuters.

The victim, Surinder Kaur, a resident of Baddowal, had been working as a security guard at a private hospital for the past 12 years.

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