School teacher held for rhino poaching

MORIGAON: A school teacher was arrested today in connection with the poaching of a rhinoceros in Pobitora Wildlife Sanctuary in this Assam district, police said.

Faizul Karim was arrested for allegedly giving shelter to the poachers who killed the male one-horned rhino last Saturday.

Karim is a resident of Kurahibori village near the sanctuary and a teacher at Borbori Lower Primary School.

The poachers shot dead the rhinoceros and fled with its horn.