The Chitwan National Park (CNP) on Wednesday made public three persons arrested for killing two rhinos inside the park. They were paraded amid a press conference here today. Two others are on the run, said the CNP. The three—Hom Bahadur BK, Krishna Bahadur Mahato and Shikharam Tharu, all of Dharampur of Ramgram Municipality-18 in Nawalparasi district were arrested red-handed selling rhino horns, said the CNP Chief Conservation Officer Dil Bahadur Pun. They were arrested on April 20.

The Division Forest Office, Nawalparasi has launched an investigation, he said.

According to the CNP, a 12-year-old female rhino and her four-year-old child were killed in the Nandabhauju Community Forest under the buffer zone of the CNP on January 20, 2023.