Dhaka, Nov. 1 -- Police have arrested five people over an attack on a police patrol team, vandalism of a government pickup van and the assault of a police constable with a sharp weapon in Hazaribagh.

The arrestees are Md Billal Hossain Sunny, 20, Afsana Akter Riya, 24, Fatema Akter Sonia, 37, Md Rubel Maji, alias Rod Rubel, 30, and Maidul Islam Tamim, 20.

According to police, a patrol team went to a rooftop in the Char Washpur area around 2:25am on Saturday after receiving a call through the national emergency service 999 reporting unauthorised entry.

While the team was looking into the complaint, a group of people allegedly attacked the police officers.

During the attack, the assailants used a sharp weapon, locally known as a chapati...