Forest guards held over poaching

The hunted: Forestry officials looking at the carcass of a one-horned rhinoceros which was killed by poachers in the Kaziranga National Park. — AFP

GUWAHATI (India): Indian police said they have arrested four forest guards on suspicion of helping to cover up rhino poaching in a national park visited by Britain’s Prince William and his wife last month.

The arrests relate to an incident last year, but came as wildlife officials said a gang of poachers armed with automatic weapons had killed another rhino on Monday in the Kaziranga National Park in the northeastern state of Assam.