Four arrested for rhino horn trading

CHITWAN, March 20: Police on Wednesday arrested four people for involvement in the trade of rhino horns from Chettrapur of Bharatpur. Police arrested Bhim Bahadur BK,36, of Bharatpur municipality-11, Kishan Gahatraj,46, and Asha Bahadur Sunar of Bhanpa-2 and Dhan Bahadur Gurung, 49, of Barpak VDC of Gorkha.



Police Inspector Tanka Prasad Bhattarai informed that they had searching for the culprits for the past few weeks. [break]



"We had deployed personnel to hunt down the smugglers and finally found them selling the horns in Tilkhola," said Bhattarai. Those arrested have been handed over to the Chitwan District Forest Office.

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