Training has been imparted to youths from settlements near the buffer zone of the Chitwan National Park and the Parsa National Park, aiming to launch a campaign against wildlife poaching.
KATHMANDU, Sep 3: The Central Investigation Bureau (CIB), Nepal Police have arrested four persons in possession of rhino horn. Rhino is a protected wildlife species.
A CIB team mobilized for the prevention, control and investigation of crime related to the environment and wildli
KATHMANDU: Bam Bahadur Praja is found to have been involved in killing four more rhinos even after serving his jail term. He was imprisoned after being convicted of killing 17 rhinos. He had spent 15 years in prison for a serial wildlife poaching. Praja was apprehended again on the charge of rhino poaching and smuggling […]
CHITWAN, May 23: A man on the run since being sentenced to jail after being found guilty of Rhino poaching has been arrested. Sagar Praja known as Birendra Singh, a resident of Kalika municipality in Chitwan was arrested by the Chitwan National Park authorities.
He was arrested from Thulechaur of Ghansikuwa in Byas municipality-11 of Tanahu on Friday. Praja was sentenced to 15 years in jail and fined Rs. 100,000 after being found guilty of killing a male Rhino in the park four years ago. He had been on the run ever since.
Praja was sentenced on three acts of Rhino poaching and smuggling, said the park information officer Lokendra Adhikari. The park authorities have so far arrested four fugitive involved in wildlife poaching this fiscal year.
