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Rhino attacks forest guard in Orang National Park

Rhino attacks forest guard  in Orang National Park

A 30-year-old forest guard was injured when a rhino attacked him in Orang National Park at about 8 am on Sunday. The guard, Kartik Dey, was on duty at Kunakata camp area with other forest personals when the full grown adult rhino all at a sudden attacked him. Dey sustained injuries on his chest.He was later taken to Mangaldai Civil Hospital were he is being treated a forest department official said. He is stated to be out of danger.

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Shajid Khan

Shajid Khan

Recipient of The Annual Colosseum Awards 2014 & 2015 (by The Assam Tribune group), Shajid Khan is an Independent journalist based in Assam. He has contributed numerous political, socio-political stories for bountiful national,international as well as Assam based publications including The New York Times,Firstpost,The Telegraph. He also pens down analytic commentary on print and web based publications.