Three members of the banned Awami League have been arrested along with their motorcycles after a police patrol vehicle was targeted with a cocktail bomb following a motorcycle procession in Kurmitola in the capital, the Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) said on Thursday.

The incident took place in front of Kurmitola General Hospital early Thursday, leaving the police constable driving the vehicle injured.

Mohammad Sajjad Hossain, additional deputy commissioner of police (Cantonment Zone), confirmed the matter to Daily Waadaa.

Police are reviewing CCTV footage to identify and arrest others involved in the attack, including the remaining motorcycle riders.

The driver, Constable Md Enamul, sustained a minor injury to his left eye. He was rescued and taken to the emergency department of Kurmitola General Hospital.

On the advice of doctors, he was later transferred to the National Institute of Ophthalmology and Hospital in Agargaon, where he is currently receiving treatment, police said.