SSB personnel recover country made gun in Assam's Baksa

BAKSA:  The 24th SSB battalion stationed at Rangia in Assam has recovered a country made gun deserted by suspected poachers near the Indo-Bhutan border in Baksa district.

Following specific information received from a casual source that two suspected hunters were seen on Thursday loitering in the Barnadi wildlife sanctuary along the Indo-Bhutan Border in Baksa district carrying illegal arms between border pillars 247 and 248, an official said.

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After receiving the information, an action team of the SSB Rangia led by Commandant Hrishikesh Sharma along with forest officials of Kumarikata Forest Range Office launched an operation along Indo-Bhutan border.

When the group of culprit seen SSB troops at No-1 Dangargaon along Khandajan river near BP No. 248 they throw the arms and escaped towards the Bhutan side.

The SSB troopers recovered a country-made gun and handed it over to the Forest Range Office (FRO) of Kumarikata for further course of action.