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Tribune News ServiceAmritsar, November 20A sambar, which was on Wednesday rescued from the historic Ram Bagh, popularly known as Company Bagh, died while being taken to be released into a forest area. District Forest Officer Surjit Singh Sahota said an injured sambar was recovered from the Bagh area after being alerted by staff and people over there. So it was administered first aid and as per the norms was taken to be released into a forest area. Sahota said the sambar was a shy and timid animal, which tends to suffer cardiac arrest owing to human handling. The District Forest Officer, looking after forest areas of both districts, said all three of them were herbivorous and their population was increasing as no carnivorous animal was available in local forests, called Rakh in Punjabi..