Former airline pilot Ramesh Chandra Pokharel Tuesday confessed that nine rhinos were shot dead in his leadership in Chitwan National Park (CNP) and surrounding forests with the bullets provided by Jamadar Madhav Bahadur Budhathoki, working in the Jungle Warfare Army School at Amlekhgunj.
Pokhrel disclosed this at a press meet held at Kasara office of the Chitawan National Park (CNP), which sent eight accused, including Pokharel, to Bharatpur prison. Pokhrel was presented with the goods confiscated from him. Pokharel's recently renewed license mentions that he possesses four automatic weapons including the SLR rifle and a pistol.
A team led by Ana Nath Baral, assistant Protection Officer of the CNP, had arrested Pokharel on February 17 from his residence in Kathmandu. The team also confiscated a rhino horn from his car and a caliber 30.06 automatic rifle during the arrest.
Pokharel disclosed that he used different persons to kill rhinos including army man Budhathoki who supplied bullets whenever he needed it. Pokhrel also confessed that he killed a rhino at Padampur VDC with the help of Hari Bahadur Bishwokarma of Dumarbana VDC-7 of Bara, , in August 1996.
Kamal Jung Kunwar, assistant protection officer claimed that Bishwokarma killed rhinos in 1997, 2002, 2005, 2006 and 2007 at different places under Pokharel's instructions.
Former pilot Pokharel, army man Budhathoki, Bishwokarma, Tasi Gurung of Thamel Kathmandu, Dinesh Kumar Basnet of Daman Makwanpur, Hira Lal Lopchan of Padampur Chitwan, Sofal Lopchan of Bara and Dammar Lamsal of Pragati Nagar Nawalparasi, were sent to prison on Tuesday by CNP.
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