Darrang Police announces cash reward for information on poachers

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MANGALDAI: Taking a serious note of the taking away of the horn of a living full-grown rhino using tranquilizer in Orang National Park and Tiger Reserve (ONPTR) recently, Darrang Police has announced a reward of Rs 2 lakh to any individual or organization for providing any information or clue of the organized gang of the poachers involved in the heinous crime. Talking to The Sentinel, Superintendent of Police of Darrang Raj Mohan Ray said that an amount of Rs 2 lakh cash would be rewarded to any individual or organization for providing vital information on the gang of poachers.

"Interested individuals or organizations may provide the information to the Superintendent of Police at mobile phone number 94357 46075 and the identity of such individuals would be kept secret. This is for the first time that the organized gang of poachers has changed their modus operandi and used tranquilizers to make the rhinos senseless and chopped off the horn of the living rhino. Police will take stern action on this gang of poachers and we appeal to all sections of the society to extend all cooperation in tracing out the notorious criminals involved in it," said Superintendent of Police Raj Mohan Ray.

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