IMPHAL, Sept 15: In an arson directed possibly towards the government, unidentified miscreants set on fire the office of a Divisional Forest Officer in Chandel district during the intervening night of September 14 and 15.
The office is located just 2.5 km from the Chandel Police Station.
The fire damaged several items of the office and major parts of the structure which has brick walls with roof covered by CI Sheets.
It is also learnt that the miscreants who carried out the arson are yet to be officially identified.