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Time of India
4 days ago
- Time of India
‘Poacher' shot dead in KNPTR during encounter, AK-56 recovered
1 2 3 Guwahati: Based on specific inputs of poachers entering the park with sophisticated weapons, the KNPTR security force and police, in a joint operation, killed a suspected poacher on Wednesday night. An AK-56 rifle and 11 rounds of live ammunition were also recovered from the possession of the unidentified individual. This is the second such instance of a suspected poacher being killed in KNPTR within a month. "Before the monsoon rain inundates the park, such poaching attempts are being taken. Nearly a month later it will not be easy to enter," said a senior police official. KNPTR authorities said while one individual was killed during their encounter with the suspected poachers, they had also recovered weapons. "The poachers are getting desperate. They are attempting to enter, but we have thwarted their efforts proactively," KNPTR field director Sonali Ghosh said. DFO of eastern assam wildlife division, Arun Vignesh, said, "We could not identify the individual. Most likely, he is not from a nearby area. If he was from nearby villages, he would have been identified by now," Vignesh said. Issuing a press release, KNPTR authorities said approximately at 8 pm on Wednesday evening, the range officer of eastern range (Agaratoli) received credible information regarding an armed attack on front-line staff, stationed at Balidubi Camp, by unidentified poachers. In response, all forest camps in the vicinity were immediately placed on high alert and additional security teams were swiftly deployed. The statement further read, a team, consisting of forest security personnel and local police, reached the Dhanbari area at around 10:30 pm and detected suspicious movement of armed individuals. "The team issued a warning, instructing the suspects to stop and identify themselves. In response, the armed poachers opened fire on the security personnel. Exercising utmost restraint, the team returned controlled fire in self-defence," the statement read. The individual was immediately transferred to the nearby Swahid Kamala Miri Civil Hospital at Bokakhat, where he was declared brought dead, the release said. A comprehensive search operation is underway to apprehend the remaining suspects involved in the incident, the statement read.
Hindustan Times
5 days ago
- Hindustan Times
Armed poacher killed in encounter at Kaziranga National Park
A man, suspected to be a poacher, was killed in an encounter with forest guards and police in Assam's Kaziranga National Park and Tiger Reserve, an official of the park said on Thursday. Firearms and ammunition were also recovered from the encounter spot, the official said. Acting on specific information of a possible armed attack by poachers on the frontline staff stationed at Balidubi camp in the Agoratoli range of the park, a joint operation was launched by the police and the forest department on Wednesday night. All forest camps near the area were put on high alert and additional security personnel deployed in the area, the official said. At around 10.30 pm, the joint team detected suspicious movement near the Dhanbari area and issued a warning to the poachers who in turn fired at the security personnel. The security personnel retaliated and the exchange of fire continued for nearly half an hour before the poachers fled the spot. During the search operation following the encounter, an unidentified and injured individual was found and immediately taken to Swahid Kamala Miri Civil Hospital in Bokakhat, where he was declared dead on arrival by the medical officer. The security personnel recovered an AK-56 rifle and 11 rounds of live ammunition, a .303 rifle with three rounds of live ammunition, a bag containing an axe, food items, and a torch were recovered from the spot. The official said that search operations were on to apprehend the remaining suspects involved in the incident.
Hindustan Times
5 days ago
- Hindustan Times
Assam: Suspected poacher killed in encounter in Kaziranga
Forest rangers in Assam's Kaziranga National Park and Tiger Reserve (KNPTR) gunned down a suspected poacher during an encounter on Wednesday night, officials confirmed on Thursday. The deceased, who is yet to be identified, was killed in the Agaratoli range of the park, which is the world's largest habitat of the endangered one-horned rhinocerous. This is the second such incident in KNPTR this month after another poacher was killed on May 21. 'On May 28, at approximately 8pm, the range officer, eastern range (Agaratoli) received credible information regarding an armed attack on frontline staff stationed at Balidubi camp by unidentified poachers. In response, all forest camps in the vicinity were immediately placed on high alert, and additional security teams were swiftly deployed to the area,' KNPTR director Sonali Ghosh said in an official statement on Thursday. A joint search operation was initiated by the forest department and local Police. At around 10:30 pm,when the joint team reached the Dhanbari area, they detected some suspicious movement, consistent with the presence of armed individuals. 'The team issued a warning, instructing the suspects to stop and identify themselves. In response, the armed poachers opened fire on the security personnel. Exercising utmost restraint, the joint team returned controlled fire in self-defense,' the statement read. According to officials, the exchange of fire continued for approximately 30 minutes. The operation resulted in the discovery of one unidentified, injured armed individual, who was found in possession of an AK-56 rifle and 11 rounds of live ammunition. Another .303 rifle with 3 rounds of live ammunition, a bag containing an axe, food items, and a torch were recovered from the scene. The injured individual was immediately transported to Swahid Kamala Miri Civil Hospital, Bokakhat, where he was declared dead on arrival. 'A comprehensive search operation is ongoing to apprehend the remaining suspects involved in the incident,' the statement added. The park, which had a record footfall of over 443,000 tourists in the 2024-25 season, was closed on May 19 as part of the annual shutdown ahead of monsoon.
