: A forest protection force staff member and four others were arrested from Sonitpur district in connection with a rhino poaching incident in Kaziranga National Park, police said on Monday.
The five persons were on their way from Dhemaji to Gohpur when they were apprehended at Purubari under Gohpur police station on Sunday, Biswanath Chariali police district SP Manavendra Dev Roy said.
The five were allegedly coming to collect the horn removed from the rhino which was killed by poachers on February 27 and one of them, identified as Dimbeswar Borgohain, was deployed with Forest protection Force’s First Battalion in the Park’s Burahapahar Range, he said.
The other four are Purandar Borgohain, Dilip Borgohain, Joganta Konwar and Kamtao alias Ajit.
Devroy said Borgohain was deployed in the anti-poaching operation in Kaziranga National Park but was allegedly involved in poaching and trading of rhino horns.
The adult male rhino was killed on February 27 by poachers who took away its horn. PTI
