Police team answering 999 call attacked in Hazaribagh, driver constable hacked; five arrested
A police patrol team that went to a scene in the capital's Hazaribagh after a call to the national emergency service 999 has been attacked. A government pickup van was vandalised and the driver, a constable, was hacked with a sharp weapon. Hazaribagh police have arrested five people over the incident.
Quoting Hazaribagh police, Md Akhtar Hossain, deputy commissioner of the DMP media wing, said a patrol team of Hazaribagh police station went to the scene at 2:25am on Friday night (30 October) after a 999 call alleged trespassing on the roof of a house in the Char Washpur area.
As police began looking into the complaint, they came under a sudden attack. The attackers struck the patrol team's driver constable on the wrist and shoulder of his right side with a sharp machete, seriously injuring him, and smashed the glass and body of the government pickup van.
When additional police reached the scene, the attackers fled. The injured police member was rescued and admitted first to Shaheed Suhrawardy Medical College Hospital and later to the Rajarbagh Central Police Hospital.
The arrestees are Md Billal Hossain Sunny (20), Afsana Akter Ria (24), Fatema Akter Sonia (37), Md Rubel Maji alias Rod Rubel (30) and Maidul Islam Tamim (20).
A case has been filed with Hazaribagh police station over the incident. The arrestees have been produced before a court with a prayer for 10 days' police remand.
Hazaribagh police say operations are continuing to arrest the fugitive accused in the case.
