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Guwahati, Sep 28 : A rhino poacher was shot dead by a joint team of Assam police and forest guards in Assam's Orang National Park in the wee hours of Saturday.
According to the reports, based on intelligence input about a gang of poacher would make an attempt to enter in the national park, a joint team of police and forest guards launched operation.
In the wee hours of Saturday, an encounter between the security personnel and the poacher gang took place inside the park and exchanged bullets from both side.
During the search operation later, a poacher was found injured inside the park and he was rushed to hospital, but succumbed to his injuries.
The security personnel had also recovered one .303 rifle, a bag, an axe and five rounds live ammunition from the site of the incident.
The body of the poacher is yet to be identified.
The park authority suspected that, three or four poachers of the gang had managed to flee from the area with the help of thick jungle and darkness.
(By Hemanta Kumar Nath, Guwahati)
