A seven-foot-long python was rescued while people were fishing in a pond in Barishal on Saturday.
The residents of ward 26 of Barishal city handed over the python to the Forest Department on Sunday, said Gazi Mohammad Abul Bashar, Forest Officer of Barishal Sadar upazila.
Jayanata Shil, a local, said while fishing in a pond at Natunhat area a youth named Abul Kalam caught the python thinking it was a fish, reports UNB.
“These local species of python usually live in the Sundarbans. This one might have come here through the rivers,” said forest officer Gazi Mohammad.
The python, aged around 8 years, will be released in the Sundarbans as the wildlife department of Khulna has been informed, he said.