India, Aug. 8 -- An elederly farmer from Mathura district of Uttar Pradesh "mysteriously" caught fire even as the revenue department reached his hut to evict him and his family, an official said Friday.

The incident took place Thursday in Khushipura village under the Jaint police station area, PTI reported. The farmer, Satyabhan, was residing on cooperative society land with his family.

The farmer and his family had been staying in a hut on Khandsari Cooperative Society land for several decades, PTI quoted Mathura District Magistrate Chandra Prakash Singh as saying.

A team comprising Naib Tehsildar Anmol Garg, kanungo Rajendra and lekhpal Kapil arrived at the village with police force to force Satyabhan to vacate the land.

When the te...