GUWAHATI, AUG 19: In a crackdown against rhino horn trading, the Assam forest department recently busted a rhino horn trading racket and arrested three persons in conection with the trade at Kaziranga area of Assam’s Golaghat district.
They have been identified as Imam Ali, Baharul Islam and Mohan Teron.
The forest department arrested Imam Ali from the Bandardubi area under the Kaliabor subdivision in the Nagaon district. On being interrogated, he reveled that he had sold a rhino horn to Baharul Islam.
Based on Ali’s revelation, the forest department arrested Baharul Islam from Kuthuri. After interrogating Islam, the forest department personnel arrested the third accused involved in the trade of the horn from Karbi Anglong.
With a population of 2,613, the KNP is the world’s largest habitat for one-horned rhinos. These rhinos fall prey to poachers due to their horns.
Meanwhile, the Assam forest department has been using drones to curb wildlife crime in Kaziranga National Park.