, Jan. 4 -- A Royal Bengal Tiger has been trapped in a snare set by deer poachers in the Sundarbans near Boiragi Bari along Sarkir canal in Mongla upazila of Bagerhat district.

A local fisherman first spotted the tiger inside the trap around noon on Saturday, about half a kilometre away from human habitation in the Sundarbans East Division and informed forest officials.

Upon receiving the information, members of the Forest Department rushed to the spot and cordoned off the area, said Dipan Chandra Das, Assistant Conservator of Forests of Chandpai Range under the Sundarbans East Division.

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