Source::RSS
RSS
The Chitwan National Park (CNP) has revealed, the various persons involved in the smuggling of rhino horns to the public. They were held in for having a connection with the investigation of the rhino killed at the Mardikhola area of Bandharjhula Post.
A rhino was found killed and its horn was removed recently.
The CNP shared that those arrested were, Mekh Bahadur Nepali aka Gawain Poudel from Bagmati Rural Municipality-3 of Makwanpur, Bir Bahadur Basnet, 27, from Shivalaya Rural Municipality-2 of Jajarkot, Arop Upreti, 25, from Khairahani Municipality-6 from Chitwan.
Two more inmates including Jit Bahadur Kumal, 49, from Bharatpur Metropolis-28, were being investigated in this connection, said Information Officer at CNP, Lokendra Adhikari. Information Officer Adhikari further informed that two others accused and absconding after the crime- Ram Kumar Praja and Bam Bahadur Praja- were also arrested for the investigation.
All of the above accused were sought action in line with National Parks and Wildlife Reserve Act, 2029.
Meanwhile, one more rhino was found dead at Kadhisohara of Kolkota island from the west sector in CNP. Information Officer Adhikari informed that a male rhino of about 10 years was found dead in marshland near the Narayani River.
However, the horns and hooves of the pachyderm were safe. It is guessed that the rhino died after it got stuck in the morass.
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