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JORHAT: Forest staff found the carcass of an adult male rhino in Kaziranga National Park on Saturday.The horn of the rhino was missing. On February 14, a rhino was dug out from the Northern forest range following the confession of a poacher who was arrested from Biswanath Chariali in Sonitpur district. Our staff found the decomposed carcass from the spot when they were on patrol. An empty cartridge of a .303 rifle was also recovered from near the spot. Police have detained three persons for interrogation in connection with the incident.With this, the number of rhinos killed by poachers in Kaziranga national park this year has gone up to three.Divisional forest officer (Kaziranga), Rohini Saikia, said, "The rhino was shot dead three to four days ago by poachers, who chopped off its horn..