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Guwahati  : Poachers used sophisticated weapons to kill one horned rhino in Kaziranga National Park (KNP) and it was came to light after security forces had busted a camp of poachers and seized huge cache of arms and ammunition and a rhino horn in Assam's Karbi Anglong district on Saturday, officials said.
 
Based on intelligence input, Assam police launched a joint operation with Forest department battalion at Ram-Laksman hills in Karbi Anglong district.
 
When the troops reached the hills area the poachers where they were hiding started firing and heavy rounds of bullets exchanged,' a top police official said.
 
During the fierce gun fight at least poachers feared to injure and they were managed to escape by taking advantage of dense forest.  
 
Security personnel had busted a camp which used by the poacher gang and recovered two AK-56 rifle, one 303 rifle, four hand grenades, 142 rounds of AK series rifle ammunition, 23 rounds of 303 rifle ammunition, 52 rounds of M-4 rifle ammunition, a rhino horn and other items from the area.
 
Poachers had killed 22 one horned rhinos in the world heritage site in this year so far. 
 
(Reporting by Hemanta Kumar Nath)