Poachers killed in Kaziranga

Forest guards killed two poachers in Kaziranga at an encounter on Thursday a day after a home guard and a full grown rhinoceros were killed in Orang national sanctuary.

Thursday’s incident took place in the Bagori Range area of the National Park in the wee hours.
Officials told Assam Times that the gun fight erupted when forest guards were searching a group of five poachers who were looking for rhino to strike. Two died on the spot. But three others were believed to have escaped.