Python freed in Sakhipur forest

A python rescued from Karatia in Sadar upazila on Friday was released into the forest in Sakhipur upazila yesterday.

Forest officials released the python in the forest at Nalua area in the morning, said Divisional Forest Officer (DFO) in Tangail Harun-or-Rashid.

The DFO said bamboo trader Abdul Alim of West Akur Takur Para in the town bought a bamboo cluster at Dheli Karatia area in Sadar upazila. When he along with labourers went to cut bamboos in the cluster in the morning they saw the python coiled on a bamboo.

Being informed, local people tried to kill the snake but Alim stopped them from doing so.

Wearing a helmet, Alim caught the 8-foot-long python with the help of others. They later handed it over to the forest department officials.

The python might have come to the area from a nearby forest due to shortage of food there, the DFO said.