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Who rule the Sundarbans?

From Aroop Talukdar
Police sources said, it is a tough job to locate the armed dacoits' camps in the Sundarbans areas. Sometimes, police raids a certain areas, but dacoits manage to flee in the deep forestBARISAL. May 3: Day by day 'Sundarban — the vast green woods in the southern region oi the country, is becoming the heavenly place for smugglers and pirates
The local sources said, due ’.i ilieir torture. toll collection i.nl killing- ili< liusinessmen
are beitm forced to leave iheir business establfshments. Who often ire taken hostage
For some years pirates have also i eate reign of terror in the area with their modern weapons and speed engine boats or trawlers. It is new really difficult io identify who are the real fishermen or busi nessmei i
Local people also alleged that the undaunted dacoits furnished with modern arms and ^nununiuon with soreiess sets often raid the fishing boats In thr nearlrv rivers of Sundarban area or the "Baoalees Some times, ama-ture hunters also become easy prey of these pirates. Dacoits snatch away iheir nfles. guns cartridges, food and cash money too
There are lew groups of culprits and armed dacons hidden in die vast Sundarttans areas who mutually some times .divide their areas for preys.
In that case, normally, thev avoid clash among themselve*-It is also alleged that there are some unscrupulous people of the forest department who have close contact with Hie wngs This sort of links some times helps the dacoits to escape from sudden police raids in the Sundarban areas
In Saran Khola and Chandpai ranges, so far learnt, are being dominated by two groups namely Badal and Sahadat groups They collect toll, commit dacoities during
garan and golpata' seasons Manytimes, they committed dacoities on the boats carrying golpata'and garanpata during the Seasons with regular permits from the Forest Department. During this season, it is learnt, thousands of boats enter the Si । ndarbans for
canceling gal and garwipata
Beside the smugglers who have found Sundarban routes safer particularly trade Indian goods Mentionable these routes were also treated and used as the most safe routes for the smugglers even in Pakistani regime
According to different source, smugglers have ere ated a reign of terror with Hun armed hoodlums in and
March this year a group ol armed dacoits swooped on at least 10 to 15 fish tugboats and looted away fish fishing nets, machinery spare parts Including cash money worth about three lakh taka Dacoits also injured atleast three fishermen on board
In an another incident, three businessmen who were taken hostage by some armed miscreants were later, re-
the adjoining areas of Sundarbans to make their ways safe. Sometimes, bawalees' who seem to be very innocent, collect honey from the deep woods become hostage and prey to armed hoodlums or dacoits.
During tin- end ol Hie
leased after payment of fifty thousand taka as ransom against their demand of eighty thousand taka
This uncertain situation made the lives of hundreds of people, who are living in and around the Sundarban areas, utterly miserable. The areas of Sundarban is nearly six thousand square kilometres.
Besides, police sources said, it Is a tough job to locate . the armed dacoits camps in the Sundarbans' areas. Sometimes. police raids a certain areas, but dacoits manage to flee in the deep forest.
Travelling into the deep forest canals is very hard due io shortage of proper trans ports, like, highpowered engineboats with necessary protective devices — police sources added. They also informed that internal clashes of miscreants often create new groups of dacoits. So. da coities. and armed attacks are going on in the forest areas almost unabated.
Sundarban is famous for Royal Bangal Tigers'.
According to the hunters and Forest Department there were more than six hundred Royal Bangal Tigers in Sundarbans but now also many tigers died in cyclones and were killed by the hunters. But still now, beautiful ferocious looking Royal Bangal Tigers are roaming in the deep forest In the Sundarbans with their traditional royal movements.
Beside, there are so many beasts, deer, birds, snakes and monkeys. Chltral deers' are very beautiful and famous for iheir beauty. Thus, It is said. Sundarbans still beautiful with Its natural beauty and beasts