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oachers at the Kaziranga National Park have managed to flee from the spot of a heavy gun battle on Sunday a day after the national park lost a rhino along with a tiger and an elephant. Heavy gun battle between poachers and forest guards rocked the Kaziranga National Park on Sunday. According to information, the encounter took place at Bagsai hill where the poachers were hiding after killing rhino near the forest office of the park. Forest guards were launching an operation against the poachers on Saturday night which resulted in the fierce fight. But the poachers managed to escape. The incident took place a day after the forest officer feared such an incident. An elephant, a rhino and a tiger were found dead on Saturday. The cause of the panther’s death has yet to be ascertained. But the death of the rhino and the elephant were a case of poaching. The forest gaurds had inputs that the poachers behind the killing of the rhino on Saturday beside the Burhapahar forest office were hiding at Bagsai hill. Acting on these tip off, forest security guards were launching an operation where the heavy gun battle took place. After two incidents of firing on Saturday evening at Mensang Majgaon and at Amguri Sang forest security gaurds have recovered five empty cartages and a torch light. Deployment of untrained forest guards and old arms were blamed for this failed encounters inside the national park on Saturday. It may be noted that the ranger office at Burhaparar has been running altogether 23 camps with 23 forest workers armed with 60 guns, mostly, old. This is how, the authorities have been failing to deal with the increasing incidents of poachings at Kaziranga.
oachers at the Kaziranga National Park have managed to flee from the spot of a heavy gun battle on Sunday a day after the national park lost a rhino along with a tiger and an elephant. Heavy gun battle between poachers and forest guards rocked the Kaziranga National Park on Sunday. According to information, the encounter took place at Bagsai hill where the poachers were hiding after killing rhino near the forest office of the park. Forest guards were launching an operation against the poachers on Saturday night which resulted in the fierce fight. But the poachers managed to escape. The incident took place a day after the forest officer feared such an incident. An elephant, a rhino and a tiger were found dead on Saturday. The cause of the panther’s death has yet to be ascertained. But the death of the rhino and the elephant were a case of poaching. The forest gaurds had inputs that the poachers behind the killing of the rhino on Saturday beside the Burhapahar forest office were hiding at Bagsai hill. Acting on these tip off, forest security guards were launching an operation where the heavy gun battle took place. After two incidents of firing on Saturday evening at Mensang Majgaon and at Amguri Sang forest security gaurds have recovered five empty cartages and a torch light. Deployment of untrained forest guards and old arms were blamed for this failed encounters inside the national park on Saturday. It may be noted that the ranger office at Burhaparar has been running altogether 23 camps with 23 forest workers armed with 60 guns, mostly, old. This is how, the authorities have been failing to deal with the increasing incidents of poachings at Kaziranga.
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