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, to injure the police driver, a constable, on his right wrist and shoulder. They also damaged the windscreen and body of the government pickup van.

The attackers fled when additional police personnel arrived at the scene.

The injured constable was rescued and taken to Shaheed Suhrawardy Medical College Hospital. He was later transferred to the Central Police Hospital in Rajarbagh for further treatment.

Md Aktar Hossain, Deputy Commissioner of Police (Media and Public Relations), said the arrestees had been produced before a court with a prayer for a 10-day remand.

A case has been filed with Hazaribagh Police Station over the incident.

Police operations are continuing to arrest other suspects involved in the attack who remain at large, he added.