BARPETA, Nov 27: After two poachers were killed at Narayanguri in the Manas National Park on Wednesday, another five poachers surrendered in front of BTAD chief Sampha Borgayari yesterday. The surrendered poachers have been identified as –– Mohar Ali, Rahman Ali, Sirajul Ali, Jeheul Islam and Niranjan Barman.
The surrender of the poachers was led by 32 battalion of the SSB in cooperation with WWF Traffic India. The poachers who surrendered also laid down some arms and ammunition, six handmade guns, a pistol, deer heads and skin.
It was reported that Mohar Ali, one of the surrenderees, was sentenced to jail in 2006 in a case filed by the Manas National Park Forest Department earlier. Ali, it was reported, confessed that he had come to Manas National Park for poaching rhinos.
On the other hand, the two poachers who were killed on Wednesday were identified as Gayaram Basumatary (40) of Oxiguri and Saran Basumatary (35) of Labdung Guri under Sarbhog Police Station.
It was reported that the bodies of the poachers were to be cremated by people of their villages but the police forbade them from doing so and seized the bodies. A handmade gun, an axe and some sharp weapons were recovered from the dead poachers.
The poachers were killed inside the park when guards inside the sanctuary spotted the two suspiciously talking to each other about the population of the Royal Bengal tigers and one-horned rhinos, Forest Department sources said. The guards later managed to corner the poachers and in the ensuing encounter, both of them were shot dead, they said. THE SENTINEL
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