Rajasthan viewed an out of the ordinary incident of robbery which took place in the Sabzi Mandi of Dausa district.
A group of burglars decamped with nearly 80 kg of tomatoes from various vegetables shops in Sabzi Mandi. The strange thing about the robbery is the thieves didn’t touch the cash inside counters of the shops.
The incident took place on Wednesday night, according to police.
On Thursday morning, when vendors and shopkeepers opened there shops, they were surprised to found broken weighing machines and tomatoes on the floor.
According to shopkeepers, the tomatoes were from Nasik and priced at Rs 70 in wholesale and Rs 90-100 in the retail. The robbers left all other vegetables except tomatoes.
Another shopkeeper said on Wednesday night he had unloaded the fresh vegetables including tomatoes and onions.
Tomato prices go through the roof at Rs 80 per kg in some parts of the country after a substantial drop in supply from key producing states.
A complaint has been lodged against unidentified men at the Kotwali police station.
When prices of onions touched Rs 100 per kilo last year, three armed men had hijacked an onion-laden truck in Shahpura village, near Jaipur.