A joint team of the police and forest guards gunned down a rhino poacher in Assam’s Orang National Park (ONP) in a pre-dawn operation on Saturday.
One.303 rifle, a bag, an axe and five live cartridges were recovered from the site of the incident.
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Forest officials said acting on intelligence inputs that a gang of poachers would make an attempt at the national park, a team of police and forest guards swooped down on the Bilpar forest camp area of the Park.
“The team encountered the poachers which led to an exchange of fire. During a search operation later, a poacher was found injured. He was rushed to a hospital, where the doctors declared him brought dead,” said a forest official.
The official said other members of the gang, managed to flee under the cover of thick jungle and darkness.
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The body of the poacher has been sent to Mangaldai Civil Hospital for post-mortem examination.
The slain poacher was not indentified till the time of filing this report.