India, May 29 -- Forest rangers in Assam's Kaziranga National Park and Tiger Reserve (KNPTR) gunned down a suspected poacher during an encounter on Wednesday night, officials confirmed on Thursday.

The deceased, who is yet to be identified, was killed in the Agaratoli range of the park, which is the world's largest habitat of the endangered one-horned rhinocerous.

This is the second such incident in KNPTR this month after another poacher was killed on May 21.

"On May 28, at approximately 8pm, the range officer, eastern range (Agaratoli) received credible information regarding an armed attack on frontline staff stationed at Balidubi camp by unidentified poachers. In response, all forest camps in the vicinity were immediately placed on h...