Forest Department Rescues Six-Foot Rat Snake Caught in Net in Barguna's Patharghata, Releases It in Haringhata Forest

The Forest Department has rescued a rat snake about six feet long from an area next to Kamarhat Bazar in Patharghata upazila of Barguna. On Tuesday morning (October 27), the rescued snake was released into the Haringhata reserved forest.

On Monday afternoon (October 26), the snake became trapped in a net in the yard of Kamal Khan's house next to Kamarhat Bazar. Local residents informed the Forest Department.

On receiving the news, a Forest Department rescue team went to the spot, rescued the snake at night and brought it to the beat office.

Narayan Chandra Das, officer-in-charge of the Haringhata Forest Department, said the snake was rescued quickly after the team reached the spot on receiving news from local residents.

Narayan Chandra Das said the snake could not be released into the forest that night because it had grown dark. It was later released on Tuesday morning into the deep forest of Haringhata.