Shillong:
Two persons have been arrested by the police in Karbi Anglong district of Assam for smuggling a rhino horn on March 26.
As per reports, Karbi Anglong SP Nahid Karishma informed that the two persons, a father-son duo, were arrested in connection with the case from Kat Ingti village under the Rongmongwe police station area of the district.
Following investigations, both the accused, a father-son duo, were nabbed from Kat Ingti village under the Rongmongwe police station area of the district, Karbi Anglong SP Nahid Karishma informed. Along with the rhino horn, some incriminating documents were also seized from their possession.
As per reports, the duo had brought the rhino horn to the Dokmoka area and gave it to another person for selling it.
Meanwhile, a case has been registered and the hunt to nab others involved is on.
Last year, a total of 2479 rhino horns were burnt down on World Rhino Dayu at Bokakhat at a historic event in the presence of Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma.