RAUTAHAT, NOVEMBER 29

An unidentified group has torched bundles of paddy stored in a warehouse for threshing, in Prempur Gonahi village, Dewahi Gonahi Municipality-7 of the district, on Sunday midnight.

The farmer, Budhae Rau Yadav, has lost all of his produce grown in three bighas of land.

The deposit consisted of 640 sacks, all of which were destroyed, Yadav shared.

The firefighters along with the security personnel were deployed from nearby Gaur area as soon as the information was relayed, however, the produce could not be saved, Deputy Superintendent of Police Shreeram Bhandari of Area Police Office Garuda said.

From preliminary inference, the loss accounts for around Rs 300,000.

DSP Bhandari added that an investigation on the unidentified group’s action is ongoing.