Poacher Tiger Habib held after 20 yrs on the run
UNB
1st June, 2021 04:13:46
Notorious poacher Habib Talukdar alias Tiger Habib , who was on the run for nearly two decades, has been arrested by Bangladesh police.
Acting on a tip-off that Habib was back in his native Sonatala village of Bagerhat s Sarankhola upazila after being on the run for years, a police team raided the area on May 29 and arrested him. He came back to his village on May 28. A day later, he was nabbed from the house of his neighbour Rafiqul, Md Saidur Rahman, officer-in-charge of Sharankhola Police Station, told UNB.
Wildlife Trade: 2 traffickers held with deer hides
Photo: Collected Our Correspondent, Bagerhat Our Correspondent, Bagerhat
Police detained two alleged traffickers along with 19 deer hides in Bagerhat s Sharankhola yesterday, three days after a tiger s skin was recovered from the possession of a poacher in the upazila.
A team of Detective Branch of police recovered the hides from the rented house of one Monirul Islam Sheikh, 48, in Rayenda bus stand area around 1.45am, Pankaj Chandra Roy, superintendent of police in the district, said at a press briefing at his office.
He said the recovery was made acting on a tip-off that Monir of Bhadrapara village in Bagerhat Sadar upazila, along with Mohammad Elius Hawlader, 35, of Rajoir village in Sharankhola upazila, was selling deer skin at the house.
Poacher selling tiger skin for Tk 13 lakh arrested in Bagerhat
A poacher has been arrested with a tiger skin in Bagerhat. Photo: Star Star Online Report Star Online Report
A poacher was arrested yesterday with a tiger skin from Rayenda Bazar of Sharankhola in Bagerhat.
The arrestee Gaus Fakir (45) was held during a joint operation by Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) and forest guards, said Mohammad Belayet Hossain, divisional forest officer (DFO) of the Sundarbans East Forest Department.
The arrestee was taken to Bagerhat East Sundarbans Forest Department office from Rab-8 office in Barishal around noon today and a case was filed against him for killing a tiger.
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.