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Six poachers arrested in Kaziranga

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Press Trust of India Golaghat (Assam)
Last Updated : Jan 20 2013 | 5:29 AM IST

Operations were launched in the Park since the killing of a rhino on Sunday last and six persons were arrested over the last three days, Park officials said here today.

A rifle was also recovered during the operation and the poachers were remanded to judicial custody.

Operations were continuing both within and around the Park, famed for its one-horned rhino, following inputs about the presence of more poachers in the area.

Eleven rhinos have been killed and their horns removed by poachers in the Park during the year.

  

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First Published: Sep 20 2012 | 12:25 PM IST

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