Overview
- Forest department officers working with Golaghat police intercepted two men before they could enter the Agaratoli Range of Kaziranga and placed them in custody.
- Authorities identified the suspects as 40-year-old Jintu Orang of Geleki village in Golaghat district and 31-year-old Sarbang Ranghang of Dolamara Langmang Ranghang in Karbi Anglong district.
- Investigators seized two handmade rifles believed to be for poaching and a motorcycle that the pair were using during their movement near the park.
- Both suspects are being questioned while officials probe whether they have links to wider organised poaching networks operating around Kaziranga.
- Kaziranga is a UNESCO World Heritage Site that holds the world’s largest one-horned rhino population and officials say the operation reflects intensified, intelligence-driven anti-poaching efforts to protect the species.