2 poachers gunned down in Kaziranga National Park

December 14, 2015 22:26

Two poachers were gunned down by security forces of Kaziranga National Park in an encounter here, a senior forest official said today.

Acting on a tip off, The KNP security forces yesterday cordoned off the main pockets of the park as they had received specific information that a gang of four to five poachers had entered it from the Kanchanjuri side facing Karbi Anglong district, Senior Conservator of Forest Mahendra Duwara said.

As the security forces were patrolling near Ajar Katonee camp in the park, the poachers started firing and tried to flee in the dark but in the retaliatory firing, two of the hunters were killed, he said.

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