On April 17, 2018, in the evening at around 8.25 PM, two persons arrived on a motorcycle with their faces covered and hurled petrol bombs through the bedroom window of Patricia Mukhim's residence, while she was at her residence. The bombs caused a minor fire with flames arising in her house. Ms. Patricia in the past has received death threats on social media and she has also filed a complaint in Rynjah police station under sections 336 (Acts endangering safety of others), 436 (Mischief) of the Indian Penal Code. She has been writing about illegal coal mining and rat-hole mining, which though has been banned by the National Green Tribunal is reportedly being practised in parts of Meghalaya. According to sources, the Chief Minister of Meghalaya Conrad Sangma met Union Coal Minister Piyush Goyal in New Delhi seeking his intervention to lift the ban that is reportedly causing a loss of Rs 700 crore and Ms. Mukhim wrote two editorials criticising the illegal and unregulated practices in the mining business, days after this meeting.