'Alleged rhino poacher contesting rural polls'

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.