Guwahati/IBNS: Two people were critically injured after being attacked by a one-horned rhinoceros in Assam’s Kaziranga National Park & Tiger Reserve.

The incident took place at the Borbeel area under the Kohora forest range of the national park on Saturday while they were engaged in repairing works of a damaged patrolling road inside the park.

The injured people were identified as Binod Saro who is a forest worker at the national park and Jiban Saro who is a local youth.

The injured persons were rushed to Kohora civil hospital.

“Two persons injured after being attacked by a female rhino while they were engaged in a patrolling road clearance work. After providing preliminary treatment at Kohora civil hospital we sent them to Jorhat Medical College and Hospital for further treatment,” a forest official said.