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Three mahouts held for rhino horn smuggling at KNP

 

16 Oct 2020



JORHAT: Three forest staffers of Kaziranga National Park and Tiger Reserve have been arrested for their involvement in rhino horn smuggling. They were produced before a local court that sent them for to judicial custody for 14 days on Thursday.
The arrested persons were identified as Dilip Karmakar, Robin Bauri and Rajib Karmakar. The trio were working as mahouts (elephant rider) at the Kohora forest range in Kaziranga.

With these, the total number of forest staffers involved with the illegal trade has gone up to six in the past few days. Police also arrested an Assam Forest Protection Force personnel for his involvement with rhino horn trade last week. He was identified as Sashi Dolley and was staying at the park’s Agoratoli forest range. Sashi’s elder brother Ganesh Dolley, an infamous rhino poacher and horn smuggler in Kaziranga, is on the run. 



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