An excavator kept near Khutiya river of Godawari municipality- 9 was put on fire by an unidentified group of intruders. The excavator with a registration number Ba2Ka 9748 was placed at the riverside for sand mining. The arson was caused on the night of 13 December by an unidentified group as informed by DSP Dakshya Kumar Basnet of DPO.
DSP Basnet added the police are yet to find out the involved party and reason behind the arson. The incidence is under investigation and the police are in search of the group.