Three poachers killed

January 15, 2015 12:00 am | Updated 05:59 am IST - Kaziranga:

Three poachers were killed on Wednesday in two encounters with forest guards in Kaziranga National Park in Assam.

On a tip-off about the entry of a group of poachers into the Park, forest guards launched an operation in Burapahar Range, Divisional Forest Officer S. K. Sil Sarma said.

On facing the forest guards, the poachers fired at them and in retaliatory fire, one poacher was killed around 3 a.m. near Borghat forest camp, Sarma said.

On being chased, the two fleeing poachers engaged in a fierce gun battle with the guards for about 25 minutes before they were killed, he said.

Two .303 rifles fitted with a silencer and one round of ammunition as well as a 9 mm pistol with nine rounds of ammunition were recovered from the slain poachers, the DFO said. The poachers were suspected to have come from adjacent Karbi Anglong hills side, he said.- PTI

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