An AK47 cartridge has been recovered from the site of poaching.
A rhino was killed after poachers attacked the animal at the Kaziranga National Park on the day the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge visited the park. The body of the rhino was discovered late on Wednesday night.
A male adult rhino was killed and its horn taken away by armed poachers on Wednesday night, KNP Divisional Forest Officer Subhashis Das said.
The carcass of the rhino was recovered from a place under Burhapahar range of the Park. Das said 88 empty cases of AK-47 cartridges were found from the spot.
Prince William and Kate Middleton took a safari through the national park on Wednesday.
Six rhinos have been poached and killed in the Kaziranga national park till now. 17 rhinos were killed in 2015 and their horns poached.
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