One horned rhino found dead in Assam

Locals spotted dead rhino in a paddy field near the Padumoni area in the Golaghat district on Monday evening.

According to reports, the rhino had been spotted in several locations of Golaghat district for a few days when some people discovered its body in a paddy field and promptly alerted the police and forest officials.

The rhinoceros which strayed from Kaziranga National Park was found dead in a paddy field in Golaghat on February 06.

The post-mortem report says in its provisional diagnosis that the rhino died due to “haemorrhage, shock and cardiac arrest.”

The stray #rhino is most probably dead and I hold the insensitive crowd nd Golaghat Administration solely responsible for it.Forest Officials tried to save it from public atrocities but ⁦@GolaghatPolice⁩ did not co-operate.I demand punitive action.⁦@himantabiswa⁩ sir pic.twitter.com/Lc4fODbCcK

— Mrinal Saikia (@Mrinal_MLA) February 6, 2023