According to the newly appointed chief warden of the CNP, Dr Maheshwor Dhakal, a team of local political leaders as well as government officials will be taken to the wild on December 29. [break]The team, led by Chief District Officer of Chitwan Himanath Dawadi, will witness how the NA squad is chasing Dhrube.
The CNP administration decided to organize a trip for local politicians and officials in a bid to make it clear that the NA squad is really trying its best to hunt down Dhrube.
“Even though we decided to kill Dhrube one week ago, we are yet to spot him as of now,” said Dr Dhakal. “The delay in hunting down Dhrube has apparently raised doubts over our intention. Some say we are not willing to kill Dhrube. So, we want them to see what we are doing to kill him.”
The CNP officials claim that ´Operation Dhrube´ is finding it difficult to yield positive results due to poor visibility caused by thick fog that has enveloped the forest.
However, local politicians say the inordinate delay in hunting down Dhrube has made it difficult for them to subscribe the CNP officials´ arguments.
“Earlier, whenever locals raised doubts, I convinced them that the CNP officials really want to kill Dhrube,” said Yam Bahadur Pariyar, Chairman of the CNP buffer zone committee, who is affiliated with the UCPN (Maoists). “But now, I myself doubt the CNP officials´ intention.”
On December 16, an all-party meeting had decided to kill Dhrube after he reportedly killed seven people within less than three months. Dhrube, who is believed to have gone mad after being deprived of opportunities to mate with female elephants, has already killed more than 10 people in the last few years.
Earlier, in mid November, the CNP officials had fitted a radio tracking device on Dhrube. But, after being released with a radio device, Dhrube is on the move killing more people.
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