India, Jan. 5 -- The king of the forest, the Royal Bengal Tiger, has been caught in a snare set by deer poachers in the deep forests of the Sundarbans.

The incident occurred in the forest near the Sharkir Canal area of the Sundarbans, adjacent to Bayddhamari in Mongla Upazila.

The Forest Department will launch an operation with experts on Sunday morning to rescue the trapped tiger.

Dipan Chandra Das, Assistant Conservator of Forests (ACF) of the Chandpai Range under the Eastern Division of Sundarbans in Bagerhat district, said that poachers had been setting traps to hunt deer in the forest along the Sharkir Canal between Bayddhamari and Joymani areas of Mongla. News arrived after noon on Saturday that a tiger had been caught in one of ...