Another rhino poached in Assam, three poachers arrested
Forest guards on Sunday recovered a bullet injured, dehorned carcass of a male rhino at Modajir Tapu near Batimari in the northern Assam district.
A top official of state forest department said that poachers had killed the rhino few days ago and managed to flee with its horn.
According to the reports, the area covered under the Kaziranga National Park where the dehorned carcass was recovered.
It is the fourth poaching incident in the state this year.
On Apr 22, the forest guards had found the bullet injuries dehorned carcass of a male rhino near the Kartik Chapori area under Agoratoli forest office in the world heritage site.
Assam has lost over 250 one horned rhinoceros in past a decade.
Meanwhile, Assam forest minister Pramila Rani Brahma has ordered the forest officials to take stern action against poachers and adequate measures to protect wild animals including rhino in the state.
On the other hand, Nagaon police had arrested three rhino poachers from Jakhalabandha area in central Assam on Sunday.
The arrested poachers were identified as Rahimuddin, Iman Ali, Abdul Rashid.
(Reporting by Hemanta Kumar Nath)
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