Bangladeshi police have arrested a suspected wildlife poacher believed to have killed at least 70 endangered Bengal tigers in more than two decades, police said on Tuesday.The suspect, Habib Talukder, 50, was sent to jail pending trial after he was arrested on Saturday at his home adjacent to the Sundarbans mangrove forest in southern Bagerhat district,.
B desh arrests poaching suspect believed to have killed 70 tigers
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Dhaka, June 1 : Bangladesh police on Tuesday announced the arrest of a suspected wildlife poacher believed to have killed at least 70 endangered tigers in more than two decades.
The suspect, Habib Talukder, 50, was sent to jail pending trial after he was arrested on May 29 at his home adjacent to the Sundarbans mangrove forest, local police chief Saidur Rahman told dpa news agency.
Wanted in a number of cases filed under the wildlife conservation law, Talukder, who was locally known as Tiger Habib for his hunting skills, had been on the run for a long time, Rahman said.