Three arrested on charge of killing rhinos

CHITWAN, July 5: The Chitwan National Park (CNP) has arrested three persons on the accusation of killing two rhinos inside the Park. The arrest was made public at a press conference today. Two other accused are absconding, said the CNP.

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

The Division Forest Office Nawalparasi has launched investigations, informed Pun. According to the CNP, a 12-year-old female rhino and her four-year-old child were electric-trapped to death in the Nandabhauju community forest under the buffer zone of the CNP on 20 January 2023.