Excelsior Correspondent
KATHUA/SAMBA, May 4: Wheat crop worth lakhs was gutted in nearly half a dozen incidents in Kathua and Samba districts since last night.
Reports said standing dry wheat crop belonging to Sher Singh and Zirawar Singh on 16 kanal at village Kolpur in Ramgarh was destroyed in a fire incident last night. The crop of Madan Lal and Vijay Kumar was also gutted in the adjoining an area of eight kanal of land. The farmers suspect some sabotage.
Meanwhile, over 50 bundles of wheat crop of one Prem Lal at Badoli, 300 bundles of Yash Pal and Rashpal at Badla village, 150 bundles of Dharampal and crop on 37 kanal of land at Lachipur in Kathua were gutted today. The police has taken cognizance.