A farmer set his garlic crop on fire after he failed to get a good rate for it at an agricultural produce market in Mandsaur in Madhya Pradesh, officials said.

The incident occurred at Mandsaur Krishi Upaj Mandi Samiti on December 18 and the farmer has been identified as Shankar Singh, a resident of Mahidpur in Ujjain, they added. Mandi Inspector Jagdish Babar said the garlic crop of the farmer was auctioned at around Rs 1400 per quintal since the quality was poor, adding that over 8,000 sacks of garlic had arrived at the market on Saturday, which were sold between Rs 1,000 to Rs 12,000 per quintal depending on the quality.