Vendor hires bouncers to prevent tomato loot in UP
A vegetable vendor in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh has hired bouncers to keep customers at bay when they come to buy tomatoes,
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whose price has increased massively over the past few days.
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The anticipation and exci“I kept hearing about arguments over the tomato price among people. People at my shop too tried to haggle.
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So to put an end to the constant arguments, I decided to deploy bouncers in uniform at my cart,” Ajay Fauji told PTI.
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Fauji, a Samajwadi Party worker, had earlier cut a tomato-shaped cake in Varanasi on the birthday of Samajwadi Party President Akhilesh Yadav.
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Similar incidents of farmers taking serious steps to prevent tomato theft were reported in the state of Karnataka as well.
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A farmer has lodged a police complaint alleging that tomatoes worth Rs 3 lakh have been stolen overnight from his farm in Hassan district, police said on Thursday.