Guwahati, Nov. 27 -- Two persons were seriously injured when a female rhino attacked them in Assam's Kaziranga National Park, officials said on Sunday.

The rhino attacked the two persons, identified as Binod Saro, a forest worker at the national park and Jiban Saro, a local youth, on Saturday when they were engaged in road clearance work in the Borbeel area under Kohora forest range in Kaziranga National Park, said a park official.

They were immediately rushed to Kohora civil hospital and later shifted to Jorhat Medical College & Hospital for advanced treatment.

"Two persons got injured after being attacked by a femalerhinowhile they were engaged in a patrolling road clearance work. Our forest worker Binod Saro and a local youth Jiban ...