'Alleged rhino poacher contesting rural polls'

  • | Saturday | 17th November, 2018

GUWAHATI: An environmental organisation expressed concern over the participation of an alleged rhino poacher in panchayat elections.Environmental organisation Aaranyak said the alleged rhino poacher - Ganesh Doley - filed nominations on Thursday at Bokakhat to contest for the post of president of the Gaon panchayat as an AGP candidate from Dhansirimukh in Golaghat district "We are concerned that a person against whom cases related to rhino hunting and illegal arms are lodged is in the fray," Aaranyak's secretary general Bibhab Talukdar said.

GUWAHATI: An environmental organisation expressed concern over the participation of an alleged rhino poacher in panchayat elections.Environmental organisation Aaranyak said the alleged rhino poacher - Ganesh Doley - filed nominations on Thursday at Bokakhat to contest for the post of president of the Gaon panchayat as an AGP candidate from Dhansirimukh in Golaghat district "We are concerned that a person against whom cases related to rhino hunting and illegal arms are lodged is in the fray," Aaranyak's secretary general Bibhab Talukdar said.

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