A video of the lynching went viral on social media
Although Durga Puja and Eid-ul-Azha vacations begin from Saturday, because of the weekend most people are already heading out of the city.
From Friday morning, Dhaka’s bus and launch terminals and railway stations swelled with crowds of home-goers. By afternoon most of the city’s main streets became empty.
Traffic moved at a snail’s pace all day on 60 kilometres of the road from Chandra to Bangabandhu bridge.
In some places trucks hauling sacrificial cattle broke down, creating terrible gridlock.
Standing in front of National Press Club, Shihab Ahmed, a native of Rangpur, said he had been looking for transport to go to Gabtoli bus terminal for over an hour.