Bagerhat, May 13 -- Four fishermen were rescued after a gunfight between forest guards and a gang of robbers at Singartek in Kokilmoni area of the Sundarbans on Wednesday morning.

Divisional Forest Officer (DFO) Md Rezaul Karim Chowdhury said during a joint patrol by the Shelarchar patrol team and the Smart Team, the robbers' presence was detected in Singartek area.

When the patrol team conducted a drive the robbers opened fire, triggering a gunfight with the forest guards.

About seven rounds were fired during the gunfight and the robbers later fled the scene, leaving behind a trawler and four hostages.

After the gunfight, forest guards rescued four fishermen who had been tied up. They also recovered an engine-run boat, a rifle and am...