4 rhino horn smugglers arrested
File photo: Rhino horns Chitwan, January 12 The Chitwan National Park (CNP) has arrested four rhino horn smugglers who were absconding. They had smuggled the rhino horns at different times. Those arrested are Ganesh Kumal, Chakka Jetha, Sonam Singh Waiba and Mukta Lal Pun Magar. CNP Information Officer, Ganesh Prasad Tiwari, said Kumal was arrested on January 6 from Bharatpur Metropolitan City-24 . He was charged with smuggling rhino horn after killing the one-horned rhino at Bhusarghat on November 5, 2020. Similarly, the CNP caught Waiba from Ichchhakamana rural municipality-7 on January 9 for smuggling rhino horn after shooting a rhino in the Simalgaihari area on August 13, 2006. He had been absconding for 17 years. Likewise, Jetha and Pun Magar were arrested from Rapti Municipality-11 on January 9. They were charged with smuggling rhino horn by killing it in the Nandantal area on February 3, 2004. The District Court, Chitwan, had ordered 15 years of imprisonment and a fin...