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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.
West Bengal police arrests four persons with paint brush made with mongoose hair
West Bengal police arrests four persons with paint brush made with mongoose hair
West Bengal Police Has Arrested Four People And Seized 32, 985 Paint Brushes Made Out Of Mongoose Hair Worth Rs 65 Lakh From Burrabazar Area Of Kolkata On Wednesday.
News Nation Bureau | Edited By : Deepak Mahato | Updated on: 23 Aug 2017, 10:41:00 PM
New Delhi:
West Bengal Police has arrested four people and seized 32, 985 paint brushes made out of mongoose hair worth Rs 65 lakh from Burrabazar area of Kolkata on Wednesday.
Mongoose is protected under the wildlife protection act.
Joint team of Wildlife Crime Control Bureau (WCCB) and forest department working on a tip of raided Burrabazar.
Shashwat Pant
March 10, 2021
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Photo: Mark Horrell/Wikimedia Commons
In mid-January, Sudhir Chaudhary, an Indian journalist, flew to Everest Base Camp and Kala Patthar on a Simrik Air helicopter. To many, his visit was seen as an excursion of Nepali tourism’s USP, the Khumbu valley. As Chaudhary is the Editor-in-Chief of Zee News, there were no further questions to him regarding the purpose of his visit; he went and came back without much trouble.
But, a few days later, on his prime-time programme, Chaudhary released a sensational piece in which he stated India also had the right to claim Everest as theirs. While Chaudhary and the piece even made it to the front page of a national daily in Nepal, yet another controversy surrounded his visit.
Aaranyak, WCCB to work with armed forces to Prevent Wildlife Crimes
Aaranyak and Wildlife Crime Control Bureau (WCCB) will work together with the Sashastra Seema Bol (SSB) and other armed forces in intelligence gatherings to prevent wildlife crimes in Assam.
STAFF REPORTER
GUWAHATI: Aaranyak, a leading NGO and Wildlife Crime Control Bureau (WCCB) have chalked out plans to work together with the SashastraSeemaBol (SSB) and other armed forces in intelligence gatherings to prevent wildlife crimes in Assam.
Towards this end a workshop on prevention of wildlife crimes and intelligence gathering conducted for SSB personnel on Friday underlined the need for efficient coordination among the intelligence cell of SSB, WCCB and Aaranyak.