Police have detained five people over a surprise assault by volunteers of the upazila administration on tourists at Sylhet’s Jaflong.
At least three tourists were injured during the assault.
The incident took place at 1:30pm on Thursday in front of ticket counter at Jaflong tourist centre.
Later, Gowainghat police arrested the attackers around 3pm.
The arrested are Nazim Uddin, 23, Sohel Rana, 21, Janar Abedin alias Joynal, 40, Laxman Chandra Das, 21, and Md Selim Ahmed, 21.
Among them, Selim and Laxman were arrested by the tourist police around 3pm. The other three were arrested on the spot at around 5pm.
Sylhet Superintendent of Police Mohammad Farid Uddin said: “Additional police have been deployed at Jaflong tourist centre.”
