Digital Desk: Two Manipur residents were arrested in connection with the rescue of the caged chimpanzees from a four-wheeler in Assam's Karbi Anglong district on Wednesday. Forest officials are interrogating the two Manipur residents..
John Das,
subdivisional police officer (SDPO) of West Karbi Anglong's Bokajan, said the
five caged chimpanzees were kept in a Maruti Ecco Van registered in Manipur
with a MN number plate (MN-01-AG-5829). Vehicles were heading to Guwahati from
Dimapur.
“At around 5.30pm on
Tuesday, officials from Dilai police station stopped the vehicle at naka
checking and found that there were some caged animals inside. The two persons
inside the vehicle attempted to flee but our officials managed to catch them,”
SDPO said.
After that, police
officials informed the forest department and a team from the department rushed
to the spot. They identified the caged animals as chimpanzees which are
believed to be transported from Myanmar through Manipur to Assam.
The arrested persons
have been identified by Dilai police station officials as Habibur Rahman (46)
and Janab Khan (50). Both of them live in the village of Sangaiyumpham in the
Thoubal district of Manipur.
Police said all the
items found in the apprehended persons were handed over to the assistant
conservator of the forest department in the presence of the officer in charge
of the Manja range of the east forest division of Karbi Anglong.
In an interview with
Vipin Bansal of the Karbi Anglong East forest division, he explained that these
are basically African species that have now been found all over the world. In
addition to the adult chimpanzee, four juveniles have also been rescued.
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