An on-duty forest guard in Odisha’s Similipal Tiger Reserve was killed by poachers on Monday night.
The forest guard has been identified as Bimal Kumar Jena, 35, posted in the Baunsakhal beat of the Nawna range of the tiger reserve.
Jena and team were patrolling the border areas of Pithabata South and Nawna North range, when they stumbled upon the poachers. In the scuffle that followed, Jena was shot in the chest and died on the spot.
