Dhaka: Bangladesh police arrested a notorious tiger killer Habib Talukder alias Tiger Habib on Tuesday. According to the local police source, they believed to have killed around 70 endangered Bengal tigers, since 20 years, he is a wanted person to the police in killing the tigers.

Habib lived next to the forest and would flee whenever officers raided the area, said police Chief. They finally arrested him and sent to jail on receiving information. Habib’s hunting ground was the vast Sunderbans mangrove forest region straddling India and Bangladesh that is home to one of the world’s largest populations of Bengal tigers.

The cats pelts, bones and even the flesh would be bought by black market traders who would sell them in China and elsewhere. He started out collecting honey from wild bees in the forest and became a local legend for his exploits hunting the big cats and avoiding arrest, police said.