Three rhino poachers killed in Kaziranga
Following a tip-off, forest guards of the park had launched an operation inside it under Agoratoli forest range where three poachers were killed during gun fight with forest guards.
"We informed that, a poacher group entered inside the national park for killing rhino. The poacher group had sheltered near the Nalani and Duramari forest camp. When forest guards reached the area poachers had started fire and exchanging bullets in which three poachers killed on spot, " a park official said.
Forest guards recovered two 303 rifles, one silencer near the slain poachers.
Poachers had killed at least ten one horned rhinoceros in the state this year so far including eight rhinos alone in Kaziranga.
Assam forest minister Atuwa Munda had given instructions to the forest officials to take stern action against poachers.
(Reporting by Hemanta Kumar Nath)
Support Our Journalism
We cannot do without you.. your contribution supports unbiased journalism
IBNS is not driven by any ism- not wokeism, not racism, not skewed secularism, not hyper right-wing or left liberal ideals, nor by any hardline religious beliefs or hyper nationalism. We want to serve you good old objective news, as they are. We do not judge or preach. We let people decide for themselves. We only try to present factual and well-sourced news.
Support objective journalism for a small contribution.
