Guwahati, Dec 18: A notorious wanted rhino poacher was arrested from Assam’s Biswanath district on Saturday by a joint team of the Biswanath and Bongaigaon police.
The accused has been identified as Ataur Rahman alias Bassa of Vill No 1 Adabheti in Biswanath.
ADGP (Law and Order) GP Singh in a tweet wrote, “Another wanted rhino poacher arrested today through joint effort of @BiswanathPol and @bongaigaonpolic Ataur Rahman @Bassa, 35 Yrs.”
Earlier another “most wanted” rhino poacher, identified as Abdul Matin, was arrested by the Assam police after almost a year of search.
Matin was arrested by the police from the Darrang district of Assam.
Singh said that Abdul Matin is one of the main accused responsible for the poaching of a rhino in Kaziranga National Park in Assam in January.
The police had declared a reward of Rs 2 lakh for information leading to the arrest of Matin and two others.
On the other hand, the Assam police commandos were deployed at Kaziranga National Park as and part of anti-poaching unit.
The Assam forest department has been taking all possible measures to check poaching activity in the national parks of Assam.
Many dreaded poachers in Assam have become conservationists and they are helping the forest department in checking poaching activities.
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