A farmer in Umtngam village, Ri-Bhoi, lost his harvest of paddy to suspected arsonists on Monday night, it emerged today.
This is the first known incident in the village of such a crime, which occurred after 8pm when the farmer, Arnold Sten, had returned home from the fields.
On returning the next morning he found the stack of harvested paddy burnt to a cinder, representing a significant hit to his income.
Sten has filed an FIR at the Mawlasnai Police Outpost.