NAWALPARASI: A male rhino was found dead at Lokaha Syauli in Kawasoti Municipality-1, Nawalparasi (Bardaghat Susta Purba) district.

Chief of Division Forest Office, Nawalpur, Bishnu Prasad Adhikari told the RSS that the rhino was found dead in a maize farm of local resident Bhim Bahadur Darjee. The horn and hooves of the adult rhino are kept safe.

The reasons behind the death of the rhino are not ascertained, as there are no injuries in the body parts of the rhino. Adhikari shared that further investigations into the rhino’s death are ongoing.