Police arrest wildlife smugglers

August 24, Kathmandu: The Chitwan National Park (CNP) has made public various persons involved in the smuggling of rhino horn.

They were held in connection with the investigation on the rhino killed at the Mardikhola area of Bandharjhula Post.

A rhino was found killed and it’s horn was removed recently.

Information Officer at CNP shared that those arrested were, Mekh Bahadur Nepali aka Nawain 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.

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.

CNP informed that a male rhino of about 10 years was found dead in marshland near the Narayani River.