Rhino horn seized in Karbi Anglong, one arrested

A Correspondent

BOKAJAN: In a major development, Karbi Anglong police recovered a rhino horn and arrested a person from the Dillai area of Bokajan in East KarbiAnglong on Wednesday.

As reported, a team of KarbiAnglong police, based on a specific information regarding dealing of a rhino horn at Dilai area, carried an operation and recovered one rhino horn weighing around 390 grams from the possession of ArifJakaria, a resident of Tinsukia village under Juria police station in Nagaon district. During preliminary interrogation it was revealed that the horn was supposed to be sold in Dimapur.

The operation was carried out under the leadership of John Das, SDPO Bokajan, NahidKarishma, Deputy SP(HQ), CI Barpathar Inspector BhupenKalita, OC Dilai SI(UB) RajuBahadurChetry, OC Manja SI(UB) JituMoni Deka and staff.

There has been a recent spike in smuggling of animal parts in the Bokajan subdivision of KarbiAnglong district which is contiguous to Kaziranga National Park. Recently, the KarbiAnglong police arrested three members of a seven-member rhino poacher ring involved in the poaching of a rhino at Agoratoli range of Kaziranga National Park. Police also recovered one AK 47 rifle, two AK 56 rifles, one double-barrel rifle, one grenade, 4 live round of bullets and other incriminating documents from their possession.

Earlier in February 2020, the Bokajan Police recovered a rhino horn weighing 510 grams while conducting random search and frisking of motorcyclists on NH-39 in the Amrajan area of Bokajan. The Bokajan Police also recovered a pair of elephant tusks from the Balipathar area of Bokajan back in 2019. Again in March 2019, Khatkhati Police had arrested two youths in a restaurant along the Assam-Nagaland border with an elephant ivory tusk which had been brought for sale for an amount of Rs 2,00,000.

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