Overview
- Forest teams, which moved on intelligence Sunday, arrested three suspects at Narayanpur in Assam’s Lakhimpur district.
- Officials said the men were planning to target rhinos inside the sixth addition area of Kaziranga National Park.
- During the operation, personnel recovered parts of a country-made firearm, including a rifle bolt and butt without a magazine, at Ukhal Chuk in Majuli.
- The probe connects to a March 2026 case in which a .303 rifle and 13 rounds were recovered near the park’s Gopaljarani area.
- Investigators are examining links to an organized poaching ring as Kaziranga’s tightened patrols and specialized units have driven poaching cases down in recent years.