Police have arrested five people following a petrol bomb attack targeting the Local Government Engineering Department (LGED) office and Chandgaon land office in Sholashahar area of Chattogram city.
Panchlaish Thana police arrested them after conducting raids in different parts of the city on Thursday night.
According to police, the arrestees include leaders at various levels from Chhatra League, Jubo League, and Swechhasebak League.
The arrested individuals are Khorshed Alam alias Joni, 28, Md Iqbal Hossain, 46, Md Mosharraf Hossain Suman, 33, Md Ali Hossain, 34, and Imamul Haque Sayem, 28.
According to police information, Joni is the senior vice-president of Panchlaish Thana Chhatra League, Iqbal Hossain is the former president of No. 3 Panchlaish Ward Jubo League, Mosharraf Hossain Suman is an organiser of Patiya Upazila Awami Jubo League, Ali Hossain is an organiser of No. 7 West Ward Swechhasebak League, and Sayem is an organiser of Panchlaish Thana Chhatra League.
Mozammel Haque, officer-in-charge (OC) of Panchlaish Police Station, confirmed the arrest of the five individuals around 7pm on Friday.
He said miscreants threw petrol bombs targeting the LGED office and Chandgaon land office from a flyover on Thursday night.
He added that five people have been arrested following raids since the incident, a case has been filed in connection with the attack, and police are investigating whether anyone else is involved.
According to police and eyewitnesses, three petrol bombs were thrown from the Akhtaruzzaman Flyover targeting the two government offices at around 8:30pm on Thursday.
Among them, the petrol bombs that fell in front of the LGED office broke apart but did not catch fire.
However, a petrol bomb that fell in front of Chandgaon land office caught fire and burned for about 8 to 10 seconds before going out.
Police suspect that unidentified miscreants threw the petrol bombs from the flyover while passing on a motorcycle or another vehicle.
Police are investigating to determine the motive behind the attack and whether any other persons are involved.
