Poacher held with tiger skin Our Correspondent, Bagerhat Our Correspondent, Bagerhat
A team of Rab and forest guards has arrested a poacher and recovered a tiger skin from his possession in Bagerhat s Sharankhola upazila.
The arrestee is Gaus Fakir, 45, of Dakkhin Southkhali of the upazila. Previously, he used to earn his living by catching fish in various rivers and canals in the Sundarbans area.
Mohammad Belayet Hossain, divisional forest officer (DFO) of the forest department (East Sundarbans), said, We had information that Gaus was trying to a sell the skin of a tiger. In the guise of a potential buyer, we contacted him and bargained over the price for three to four days … At one point of the bargaining, he decided to sell it for Tk 13 lakh.