Fishing cat beaten to death
Villagers beat a fishing cat to death on Sunday evening at Bhourghata under Khangapur union of Gouranadi upazila in Barisal.
As the cat started killing domestic animals the villagers trapped it in a betel-leaf field and killed it with iron rods, sticks and spears, the locals said.
Later they disposed of the body into a nearby river around 5:30pm.
Informed by the local forest officials, police rushed to the spot but could not recover the dead fishing cat.
When contacted Amiruzzaman Amir, officer in charge (OC) of Gouranadi Police Station told The Daily Star that they went to the spot but the angry villagers had already killed and thrown the cat into the river.
We asked forest department to take action against the killers but they are yet to take any step, said the OC.
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