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BAGERHAT, May 27, 2025 (BSS)- A court here sent two poachers to jail as they 
were arrested with a deer hide and heads from the Sundarbans in Mongla 
upazila of the district.

Senior Judicial Magistrate Bilash Mondal issued the order today after the 
accused were presented before the Bagerhat Senior Judicial Magistrate's 
Court.

Earlier, Officer-in-Charge (OC) of the Forest Department's Kokilmoni Forest 
Camp Sadiq Mahmud filed a case and presented the accused to the court.

The arrestees were identified as Mamun, 33, son of Sultan Khan, and Md. Abdur 
Rahim, 21, son of Akkach Sheikh, both from the Chandpai area of Mongla 
upazila. 

According to the case documents, forest guards arrested Mamun and Rahim from 
Kokilmoni Forest Camp while they illegally entered the sanctuary area on 
Monday morning to collect crabs. 

The forest guards seized 40 kilograms (Kgs) of crabs, 21 'charu' (different 
types of fishing net) and a solar panel after searching two boats at the 
scene, it added.

Moreover, a deer hide and three heads of deer with antlers were found hanging 
from a nearby tree.

Divisional Forest Officer (DFO) of the Sundarbans East Forest Division Md. 
Rezaul Karim Chowdhury stated, "The venison had decomposed. We have seized 
the hide and heads of deer from the scene."