Livestock loss

MYAGDI: Thirty-six goats were burnt to death when a fire broke out at a goat pen belonging to Dal Bahadur Garbuja of Dagnam VDC-1 in Myagdi district. Sources said the conflagration was started by a group of four persons claiming themselves to be Maoists. Villagers bought the goats at Rs 1,000 per head after all the goats died. — RSS