STAFF REPORTER
GUWAHATI: The Corona-induced lockdown leading to the sealing of the India-Bhutan border has brought to light a hitherto unknown fact that the BTR (Bodo Territorial Region) had all along been a haven for elephant killings.
Sleuths of the Wildlife Crime Control Bureau recovered four elephant carcasses – one each on March 31, 2020 from Panbari (Chirang), August 28, 2020, October 12, 2020 from Batabari (Baksa), and also on October 16, 2020 from Kumarikata (Baksa). All the four carcasses have their tusks missing.
Likewise, the sleuths seized a pair of elephant tusks on August 24, 2020 from Runikhata (Chirang) leading to the arrest of a person; another pair of tusks from the same location on August 25, 2020 leading to the arrest of a person; and yet another pair of tusks on September 7, 2020 from Batabari (Baksa) leading to the arrest of three persons.