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The forest and police personnel of Assamโ€™s Biswnath Chariali have arrested two rhino poachers at Kaziranga National Park (KNP) on Thursday evening.

Acting on a tip-off, an operation was launched by a joint team of police and forest personnel that had been led by Biswnath Charialiโ€™s deputy superintendent of police Muzzaffar Ali and Crime Investigation Range of Biswanath Wildlife Division ranger Pranjal Baruah.

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The two poachers had been caught while they had been seen walking along the Balidubi Chapori of KNPโ€™s sixth addition with the sole intention of killing rhinos.

A 3.3 rifle and a magazine had been recovered from the possession of the two rhino poachers.

The duo had been Ayub Ali and Imran Ali.

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Ayub is a resident of Biswanath Charialiโ€™s Komargaon area and Imran hails from Sonitpurโ€™s Gingia.

However, the joint team of the police and forest personnel is still continuing their search operations around KNPโ€™s sixth addition to nab further rhino poachers that had been lurking in the area.

Uttam Saikia is Northeast Now Correspondent in Kaziranga. He can be reached at: [email protected]