Elephant tusks recovered in Bokajan, one arrested

Bokajan: The Bokajan police foiled a bid to smuggle two elephant tusks and arrested one person from Japrajan area in East Karbi Anglong on Sunday.

According to reports, acting on a tip-off, the police raided the residence of one Barnes Ind in the Japrajan locality and recovered two 2.2 feet long ivory tusks weighing over 10 kilograms from his possession. Preliminary investigation revealed that the tusks were extracted from the poached elephant in the forested areas of Karbi Anglong and was kept for sale in his residence for an undisclosed amount of money.

It needs to be mentioned here that the arrested accused person being a professional hunter and dealer of smuggled wildlife parts, there are extreme possibilities that these tusks belonged to an elephant which was recovered with its tusk missing from the Bormanthi area under Bokajan East Forest Division back in November 2018.

The demand for ivory and other wildlife parts in South East Asian countries have to lead to an increase in wildlife poaching activities in the Northeastern states. Earlier in March 2019, Khatkhati Police had made a seizure of a 1-foot long elephant tusk which was brought for sale into Assam for an amount of Rs 2,25,000. Two naga youths were also arrested in connection.

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