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Guwahati, March 5 : Guwahati city police on Sunday had arrested four poachers from Garbhanga forest area, outskirts of the Assam’s capital city.
Guwahati city police Commissioner Hiren Nath said that, the poacher gang was hiding at the area.
Following a tip-off, police and forest department had jointly launched at the forest area and arrested the poacher gang hailing from neighbouring Meghalaya.
The arrested poachers were identified as Quet Kurba, Don Dorjonai, Bul Marbaniang and Twal Jana.
Security personnel had recovered two DBBL and two SBBL guns, several rounds ammunition, night stay equipments, rations in possession from them.
During the preliminary interrogation, the poachers revealed that, they had came to the forest area to kill wild jumbo.
(Reporting by Hemanta Kumar Nath)
