Rhino poached in Kaziranga during Ministers' visit
Official reports said the audacious act took place near the Dimow forest camp area under Agoratoli range office inside the park.
Poachers killed the rhino when three cabinet ministers of the state government, including forest minister Pramila Rani Brahma and top officials of the forest department, were on a visit to the World Heritage site.
Meanwhile, the Assam forest minister has ordered a probe into the rhino killing.
Poachers have killed 10 rhinos alone in Kaziranga this year so far.
In the past 15 years, over 200 rhinos were poached in the north- eastern Indian state.
(Reporting by Hemanta Kumar Nath)
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