One attested for allegedly involved in tiger poaching

Chitwan, Dec 22: A person has been arrested for his alleged involvement in tiger poaching.

The arrested has been identified as Amrit Neupane, 20, of Binaya Triveni Rural Municipality-1 in Nawalparasi (Bardaghat Susta East).

CNP’s chief conservation officer Ganesh Pant informed that he was arrested for further investigation into the incident of poaching the Bengal tiger.

Pant further informed that a snapshot of a trapped tiger was retrieved from the mobile phone of Neupane in the course of recovering call details.

A case has been filed against him for tiger poaching as per the National Park and Wildlife Conservation (Fifth Amendment) Act, 2029.

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