17 arrested over attack on police in city's Jurain

Police have arrested at least 17 people in the space of 24 hours over an attack on a sergeant in city's Jurain, reports bdnews24.com.

"A total of 23 people have been arrested so far over the incident," said Ashraf Hossain, deputy commissioner of the Detective Branch (Wari Zone) of Dhaka Metropolitan Police, on Friday.

A group of people launched an attack on Sergeant Ali Hossain while he was checking the licence and registration documents of motorcyclist Md Rony, who was travelling on the wrong side of the road in the Jurain Railgate area, according to police.