{"id":161462,"date":"2026-11-10T10:16:00","date_gmt":"2026-11-10T04:46:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/assamtimespost.in\/?p=161462"},"modified":"2026-11-10T10:16:00","modified_gmt":"2026-11-10T04:46:00","slug":"four-poachers-arrested-in-assams-teok-one-injured-in-rhino-attack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.assamtimespost.com\/?p=161462","title":{"rendered":"Four Poachers Arrested in Assam\u2019s Teok; One Injured in Rhino Attack"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Four suspected rhino poachers have been arrested in the Hatishal area of Teok in Assam\u2019s Jorhat district following a special operation by the Jorhat Forest Division. According to preliminary reports, forest officials acted on specific intelligence inputs and apprehended the suspects from the dense forests of Barluit. One of the arrested men sustained injuries after being attacked by a rhinoceros, officials said.<\/span><\/h4>\n
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Four Poachers Arrested in Assam\u2019s Teok; One Injured in Rhino Attack:<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Personnel from the Teok and Lahdoigarh police stations have reached the spot, and an operation is underway in the area. The four suspects are reportedly from different parts of Assam. One is from Gohpur, another from Narayanpur, while the remaining two are from Jajimukh.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Hatishal area and its surroundings have witnessed the movement of several one-horned rhinoceroses in recent years, underlining the sensitivity of the region for wildlife crime. Further details of the operation and the identities of the arrested suspects were awaited.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Four suspected rhino poachers have been arrested in the Hatishal area of Teok in Assam\u2019s Jorhat district following a special operation by the Jorhat Forest Division. According to preliminary reports, forest officials acted on specific intelligence inputs and apprehended the suspects from the dense forests of Barluit. One of the arrested men sustained injuries after […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":327,"featured_media":161463,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_hide_featured_image":false,"_jetpack_featured_image_duplicate_dismissed":0,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"jnews_override_counter":[],"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[200],"tags":[57480,57479,57481],"class_list":["post-161462","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-assam","tag-assams-teok","tag-four-poachers-arrested-in","tag-one-injured-in-rhino-attack"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":157662,"url":"https:\/\/www.assamtimespost.com\/?p=157662","url_meta":{"origin":161462,"position":0},"title":"Assam Police Arrest Four in Meghalaya, Recover Two Stolen Bikes","author":"News Desk","date":"August 29, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"Assam Police, with assistance from Meghalaya Police, have arrested four men in the Mawsynram area and recovered two motorcycles suspected to have been stolen from Assam and being transported for illegal sale in Bangladesh, police said. 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