Guwahati, May 10: Poachers killed슬롯 머신 사이트 추천an adult male Indian rhinoceros in Assam슬롯사이트™s Kaziranga National Park using슬롯 머신 사이트 추천an AK-47 assault rifle. The carcass슬롯 머신 사이트 추천of the rhino슬롯 머신 사이트 추천with its horn missing was spotted on Saturday evening. This is the first case of rhino poaching in슬롯 머신 사이트 추천Kaziranga National Park슬롯 머신 사이트 추천after a gap of 13 months. There was no instance of poaching in the 430 sq km park since last April. Empty shells of an AK-47 assault rifle were also found near the슬롯 머신 사이트 추천carcass.슬롯 머신 사이트 추천Assam: Man Held for Poaching at Kaziranga National Park.

"We found the carcass at 5.30 pm near Duamari beel which falls under the Eastern Range Agoratoli range of the park," P Sivakumar, Director of KNP, told The Indian Express. "It seems the poaching incident took place on Wednesday," he added. The use of the AK-47 assault rifle suggested that슬롯 머신 사이트 추천local insurgent groups, who are in possession of such sophisticated arms, could be behind the poaching.슬롯 머신 사이트 추천Assam Floods: Heavy Rainfall Wreaks Havoc, 70% of Kaziranga National Park Submerged, Animals Taken to Highlands.

"There was some information about the movement of eight persons allegedly belonging to some extremist group from Karbi Anglong in the Panbari area with three AK series rifles. Combing operations were carried out based on the information," Sivakumar was quoted as saying.슬롯 머신 사이트 추천Last year, the Assam government raised, trained and deployed a special Rhino Protection Force, consisting of 82 armed personnel after which the number of poaching significantly went down.

The last poaching case was reported on April 1, 2019. "Kaziranga did its best to keep poachers away in last 13 months. Unfortunately, it was the poachers슬롯사이트� day (sic)," Rohit Choudhury, a wildlife activist, tweeted.슬롯 머신 사이트 추천Kaziranga is the largest habitat of the one-horned rhino in the world.

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