Tomato Prices Skyrocket as Thieves target farms: 26 kg of tomatoes and 25 kg of green chillies stolen from shop

Tomatoes are more expensive in the country than apples, oranges, grapes, and mangoes. The tomato rate has crossed Rs 200 per kg in almost all states including the capital Delhi. In Chandigarh, people have to spend Rs 350 for one kg of tomatoes. 

In such a situation, a box of happiness opened for tomato farmers. Farmers earn thousands of rupees by selling tomatoes. But along with that came more problems ahead of them. Thieves have now started stealing tomatoes from the farm instead of bikes and expensive cars. In such a situation, farmers have to stay up all night to guard the fields.

The strange thing is that the incident of tomato theft from a farm in Andhra Pradesh has not calmed down, now the news of tomato theft in Uttar Pradesh has come to the fore. 

It is said that 26 kg of tomatoes were stolen from a vegetable shop in Fatehpur. While leaving, the thieves got away with 25 kg of green chilies and 8 kg of ginger. 

On the other hand, when the shopkeeper came to know about the incident in the morning, he went to the police station and filed a complaint. In this case, the police registered criminal charges against 2 thieves. Two accused have been arrested.

According to the information, this is a case of vegetable theft from Aung town. The victim farmer's name is Ramji. 

In his complaint to the police, he said that on the night of July 10, he and a neighboring shopkeeper, Naeem, closed the shop and went home. 

When he reached the shop the next morning, the expensive vegetables including 26 kg of tomatoes, 25 kg of green chilies, and 8 kg of ginger were missing. He said that at present tomatoes are being sold at Rs 160 per kg and green chillies at Rs 200 per kg in the market. Because of this, he suffered a loss of thousands of rupees.