Three arrested on charge of killing rhinos

Published On: July 5, 2023 01:46 PM NPT By: Republica  | @RepublicaNepal


Three arrested on charge of killing rhinos

CHITWAN, July 5: The Chitwan National Park (CNP) has made public three persons arrested on the charge of killing two rhinos inside the Park. They were paraded amid a press conference here today. Two other accused are absconding, said the CNP. 

The three — Hom Bahadur BK, Krishna Bahadur Mahato and Shikharam Tharu - all of Dharampur of Ramgram Municipality-18 in Nawalparasi district were arrested red-handed selling rhino horns, said the CNP’s Chief Conservation Officer Dil Bahadur Pun. The arrest was made on April 20. 

The Division Forest Office, Nawalparasi, has launched investigations, he said. According to the CNP, a 12-year-old female rhino and her four-year-old calf were electric-trapped to death in the Nanda Bhauju Community Forest under the buffer zone of the CNP on 20 January 2023. 

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