Accra:Sundarbans Forest officials have detained a 22-year-old man for allegedly hunting deer in the Sundarbans. During the arrest, they confiscated a severed deer head, liver, intestines, and hunting equipment from the suspect.
According to Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha, the detainee, identified as Ayatullah Gazi, son of Kuddus Gazi from the Maheshwaripur area in Koyra upazila of Khulna, was apprehended during a raid in the Moydapasha Canal area of the Sundarbans on Monday night. The incident was confirmed today by Baniakhali Forest Station Officer K M Rashed Sadat.
The operation by officials under the Baniakhali Forest Station of the Khulna Range resulted in the seizure of a small wooden boat, the severed deer head, approximately 1.5 kilograms of liver and intestines, around 70 meters of hunting net, a machete, a knife, and bloodstained white foam packaging.
A Z M Hasanur Rahman, divisional forest officer of the Sundarbans West Forest Division, stated that a case has been filed against Ayatullah Gazi under the Forest Act in relation to the incident.