As many as five people—including three police officials—have been injured in a clash between police and hijackers in Tongi.

The incident was reported from Tongi's Tilargati area, while the hijackers were trying to flee from Ashulia, around 3:45am on Monday (Mar 11), said police.

The injured police officials are Sub-Inspector Abul Hasan, Constable Razzak and Constable Rafik.

Law enforcement detained four hijackers, two of whom were injured.

The injured hijackers are 23-year-old Momij Uddin and 35-year-old Mosharef Hossain. They have been taken to Dhaka's National Institute of Traumatology and Orthopedic Rehabilitation (Nitor), under police guard.

The other two detainees are 20-year-old Akhles and 22-year-old Imran.

"A police patrol team stopped a group of hijackers who were fleeing the area after carrying out a hijack in Ashulia's Beribadh area,” Tongi police OC Emdadul Haque told Bangla Tribune.

"The hijackers tried to escape after stabbing SI Hasan's hand, prompting the other police officials to shoot at them in self defence," said Haque.

Police said that they seized four mobile phones, a laptop, two knives, and money worth Tk 2,247 after searching the hijackers.