News update
  • Gold price goes up again in Bangladesh     |     
  • Suicide bomber targets Islamabad court, killing 12 people, wounding 27     |     
  • Irregular entry, false asylum claims harm Bangladesh’s global standing     |     
  • Dhaka breathes ‘very unhealthy’ air Tuesday morning     |     
  • Election Code of conduct gazetted, banning posters-drones, AI misuse     |     

5 'deer poachers' held with 25 kg venison in Khulna

Police 2025-03-13, 3:07pm

sj1swytfymmsxwo0aurtx9eo1hx4mt5dc0jgcfdp-01-e02f20f140faf9af115284848471cd6a1741856859.jpeg

Arrest



Members of Coast Guards in a drive arrested five suspected deer poachers along with 25 kg venison from a boat in the Shibsa River of the Sundarbans in Khulna district on Wednesday night.

The arrestees were Imran Gazi, 24, Abdur Rahim, 43, Rokon-Uz-Zaman, 35, Abu Musa, 36 and Md Mamun, 35 of Koyra upazila in Khulna district.

Coast Guard members conducted a drive in the river and arrested the poachers on Wednesday night, said a media release of Coast Guard.

They also seized 25 kgs of venison, one boat, 80 deer poaching traps from their possession.

Legal steps will be taken against them, it said. - UNB