Rhino Poacher Shot At While Fleeing Police Custody In Assam; Injured
NDTV
Biswanath Superintendent of Police Navin Singh said the accused was arrested from Juria area in neighbouring Nagaon district on Saturday.
An alleged poacher, arrested on the charges of killing a one-horned rhinoceros in Assam's Kaziranga National Park, was shot at and injured while attempting to flee police custody in Biswanath district, an officer said on Monday.
Biswanath Superintendent of Police Navin Singh said the accused was arrested from Juria area in neighbouring Nagaon district on Saturday.
During interrogation, the accused claimed that he had bought weapons from Nagaland's Dimapur to kill the rhinoceros and remove its horn, and that he had hidden the weapons in Suwaguri area of Biswanath district.
A police team took him to the spot to recover those but he suddenly attacked a constable and attempted to escape.