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Assam Govt augments security network in KNP

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Guwahati: The Assam government has set up 152 forest camps inside the Kaziranga National Park (KNP) to increase protection for the highly endangered one-horned rhinoceros and other animals there from poachers.

The camps set up recently will be manned by about six guards each armed with .303 and .305 rifles besides vigilance arrangements on elephant and on foot, forest department sources said.

Apart from forest guards, 170 armed security guards have also been deployed inside the World Heritage Site park along with personnel from the Assam Forest Protection Force.

The state Home department had provided 200 additional .303 rifles. (PTI)

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