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Assam : Three alleged poachers killed in road mishap, rhino horn, one rifle recovered
Guwahati, Mar 14 (IBNS): Three alleged poachers were killed in a road mishap in Assam on Tuesday morning, according to police sources.
The incident occurred at Baihata Chariali, on the outskirts of Guwahati, after the car they were traveling in collided head on with a bus reports said.
Security personnel recovered a blood-stained rhino horn from the car. According to the police, they may have chopped the rhino horn on Monday.
Security personnel also recovered several rounds ammunition, sharp weapons, and brown sugar packets from the vehicle.
Police said that, two persons suspected to be members of a rhino poaching racket, were killed on the spot and two others seriously injured.
One of the injured persons succumbed to his injuries at the hospital.
Meanwhile, Assam police and forest department officials have started an investigation following seizure of the rhino horn.
(Reporting by Hemanta Kumar Nath)
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