Panic grips Satkhira village after seeing tiger movement

Panic has gripped Golakhali Dwip under Shyamnagar upazila in Satkhira since the sighting of a Royal Bengal tiger in the area near the Sundarbans on Sunday.

Locals spotted the tiger wandering near a shrimp farm, owned by a person named Rafiqul, in the village on Sunday.

Rattled by the hue and cry, the tiger fled the spot after nearly 20 minutes but the people of the village have since been living in fear.

‘No one dares to step out of their house after sunset,’ said Bholanath Mandal, a resident of the village.

MA Hasan, assistant conservator of forests (Satkhira range), said that a joint team of the Village Tiger Response Force and the forest department ‘is on its toes round the clock’.

The residents of the village have, however, been asked to stay vigilant, he added.

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