BISWANATH CHARIALI, Feb 9 - In a joint operation with the Police of Birubari Police Out Post, Guwahati, following an intelligence input received from a reliable source, one most wanted rhino poacher, Partha Pratim Das alias Sunti Das, s/o Mitha Ram Das of village: Telengonia, under Behali PS in Biswanath district, was arrested from a guest house of Birubari, Guwahati last night.
The team was led by Forest Ranger Pranjal Gogoi and Investigating officer Santosh Shah Forester-I of Biswanath Wildlife Division. This has reference to Crime Investigation Range Offence no. CIR/06 of 2019.
So far nine accused have been arrested in this case including Sunti Das.
His involvement has been found in several rhino poaching cases of Kaziranga since 2012 where he acted as mastermind. In 2019, he attempted 3 times to poach rhinos in the 6th addition area but the park authority successfully foiled his attempt by arresting the poachers with the help of a Dimapur-based sharp shooter and recovering the weapons in the month of July, 2019 with the help of Borgang and Behali Police Station, Biswanath.