Pirates rule the Sundarbans

While going away in engine boats, the pirates looted 500 maunds of honey from the injured honey collectors.

Shyamnagar thana police said the attacks by pirates belonging to Kalu Bhaini of the Sundarbans came when honey collectors were asleep in their boats.

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The pirates are Indians who are dominating in a part of the Sundarbans, injured honey collectors told police.

Police said the pirates made the attack with bombs and firearms. Left hand of one of the honey collectors -- Shawkat Hossain-- was blown off, police said.

The injured are now undergoing treatment in Shyamnagar upazilla health complex.