Bagerhat Correspondent :
It is normally reported that one Mawal is killed or one fisherman is killed by the royal tigers which are called the real guards of the forest (of Sundarbans) in Sundarbans. But news of tiger’s death is a very rear incident though the tiger is also killed by an organized poachers or hunters. On the last Tuesday (April 30) afternoon (at 5 pm) a dead body of a Royal Bengal tiger was found floating at Andharia point and middle of Jongra canal in between the river Mora Pashur (dead river Pashur) and the river Jongra under the Eastern Sundarbans.
The forest guards went to the spot to recover the floating dead body of the Royal Bengal tiger. Mihir Kumar Do, Conservator of the Forest (CF) of Sundarbans confirmed the matter and told the newsmen, being informed of the mater the forest guards went to the spot to recover the dead body of the tiger. The tiger was found floating. So, it is guessed that the tiger was, perhaps, died 2/3 days ago.
The CF (Conservator of the Forest) added, in order to know the reason behind its death the postmortem examination of the dead body of the tiger will be done. After receiving the postmortem report, real cause behind its death, age and some other point will be learnt.