Bagerhat, Nov. 3 -- A forest officer was injured Monday in the Sundarbans, when a group of poachers hunting deer attacked him.

The incident took place at Dimer Char in the Sarankhola range of the Sundarbans East Division in Bagerhat.

The injured officer, Rana Dev, received first aid at the temporary Dublarchar Health Centre.

He serves as an Assistant Conservator of Forests (ACF) in the Sarankhola range.

Dev said that the poachers hit him all over his body, and he bled from his nose and ears.

The Forest Department later went after and arrested 3 members of the poaching gang.

The detainees are - Rafi Hasan, 25, from Sugandhi village, Al-Amin Akunji, 28. from Jhalbari village, and Shahid Mallik, 27, from Sonatunia village.

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