Rhino poached in Kaziranga in presence of Assam Forest Minister

Guwahati: Poachers killed another one horned rhinoceros in Assam's Kaziranga National Park (KNP) on Tuesday night in presence of the state forest minister in the national park.

The incident took place near the Dimow forest camp area under Agoratoli range office inside the park.

Poachers killed the rhino when three cabinet ministers of the state government including forest minister Pramila Rani Brahma and top officials of the forest department visit the World Heritage site.

Meanwhile, the Assam forest minister had ordered a probe into the rhino killing incident.

Poachers have killed 10 rhinos alone in Kaziranga in this year so far.

In past 15 years, over 200 rhinos were poached in the north eastern Indian state.

(Reporting by Hemanta Kumar Nath)