(REOPENS CAL 1)

Meanwhile, forest guards found two .303 rifles from Bishwanath Bhola Chapori in Sonitpur district. The two rifles were found in the jungles near the northern bank of river Brahmaputra, a part of Kaziranga National Park's sixth addition, forest officials said. The arms recovered today was suspected to have been used by poachers who killed a rhino and removed its horn in the Park's western range, where two rifles and several rounds of ammunitions were already recovered. A massive search operation was on to nab the poachers who was suspected to have escaped to the northern side of the Park, sources added.