Police arrested five people as they scuffled in the residence of State Minister for Land Saifuzzaman Chowdhury on Surson road in Chittagong city early yesterday.
They are: Sajib Kumar Singha, 50, Amit Das, 19, Rupesh Dutta, 54, Nihar Kumar Dutta, 25, and Amit Mohajan, 26, said Kotwali police.
The tussle started when two groups of locals went to the state minister to settle a disagreement regarding their posts in Dewanji Pukurpar temple management committee in the city.
Getting a phone call from the state minister, police rushed to the spot and arrested the five.