In a video that has gone viral now, locals might be heard shouting to scare off the animal
New Delhi:
A biker died after being chased and attacked by a rhino close to the Pobitora Wildlife Sanctuary in Assam’s Morigaon district on Sunday. The sufferer, Saddam Hussain, was a resident of the Kamrup Metropolitan district, about 30 kilometers from the place of the incident.
The 37-year-old was touring on his two-wheeler when the rhino, which had strolled out of the wildlife sanctuary, approached him.
In a video that has gone viral, he might be seen shortly getting down from his bike and working into an open area because the animal, which may run as much as 55 kilometers an hour, chases him.
Locals might be heard shouting to scare off the rhino, which may weigh as much as 2,800 kilograms.
Hussain was later discovered together with his head smashed within the area.
“The rhino got here out of the wildlife sanctuary. We’re investigating the incident,” a forest official instructed the information company ANI.
Situated within the suburbs of Assam’s capital Guwahati, the Pobitora Wildlife Sanctuary is understood for holding the very best density of one-horned rhinos within the nation.
Knowledge launched this month on World Rhino Day stated that India’s one-horned Asian rhino inhabitants has nearly tripled previously 4 a long time.
The variety of animals has surged from 1,500 4 a long time in the past to greater than 4,000 now.
An grownup Indian rhino, the biggest of the three Asian species, can reside for about 50 years.
Kaziranga Nationwide Park in Assam is dwelling to an estimated 80 p.c of the world’s one-horned rhinos.