Thriving market of illegal goods, Rhino horn in Dimapur

From our Correspondent

JORHAT, May 21: Dimapur is the hub of almost all kinds of illegal activities and trade in the Northeastern region of the country. The racket of illegal arms and rhino horn is controlled from Dimapur. After killing rhinos in the Kaziranga National Park (KNP) the poachers sell it in the clandestine market of Dimapur and then the black marketeers take it away to Myanmar, Nepal and Bhutan. The Myanmar market is the biggest market of rhino horn in the world where international traders assemble. This sensational statement has been revealed by the seven arrested poachers, who have been arrested by the KNP forest guards on May 19 last. Police sources also informed that a number of well trained poachers hailing from Nagaland, Manipur and Mizoram are involved in rhino poaching in the KNP.

This apart, sources also informed that, the local people, those springing along the border areas of the Park provide shelter to poachers. These villages are located at the Kohora, Bagori, Harmoti and Kuthori area of the National Park.

It is pertinent to mention here that, The Sentinel in its May 13 issue published a report on the growing population along the KNP border areas which pose a threat to the Park, but the KNP authority as well as the State Government has not taken up any step.