“Assam: Notorious rhino poacher Hanif Ali arrested; staggering 152 one-horned rhinos killed during UPA rule”, Organiser, May 5, 2024:
“A notorious rhino poacher, identified as Hanif Ali, was apprehended in Assam’s Sonitpur district in a joint operation conducted by the Forest Department, Wildlife Crime Control Bureau (WCCB), and Assam Police. The operation led to the dismantling of an illegal network involved in the trading of animal body parts.
Hanif Ali, implicated in multiple rhino poaching cases, was captured in the Bharali Chapori area of Sonitpur district, North Assam. Officials seized various animal body parts, including a rhino horn, from his possession.
B. Piraisoodan, the divisional forest officer (DFO) of the Western Assam Wildlife Division, stated, “Efforts are underway to ascertain the circumstances surrounding the rhino’s death and horn removal…….”
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