कर्नाटक में खेत से 2.5 लाख के टमाटर चोरी: 60 बोरियों में भरकर ले गए, बची हुई फसल भी नष्ट की

The thieves also ruined the rest of the crop standing in Dharini’s field.

Tomatoes worth Rs 2.5 lakh were stolen from a woman’s farm in Karnataka. The thieves reached Goni Somanahalli village in Hassan district on the night of Tuesday 4th July and decamped with 50-60 bags of tomatoes from the field. On the complaint of female farmer Dharini, a case of theft has been registered in Halebidu police station.

Dharini said that the theft took place when the price of tomatoes was above Rs 120 per kg and Dharini was preparing to harvest the crop and take it to the Bengaluru market.

Thieves destroyed the remaining crop after theft

Dharini told that she had grown tomato crop by taking a loan.

According to the complainant Dharini, she had suffered a loss in the bean crop, after which she had taken a loan to grow tomatoes. Coincidentally the crop was good, the prices were also high.

Halebidu police said- We had heard about the theft of betel nut and other commercial crops, but never heard that someone stole tomatoes. This is the first time that such a case has been registered in our police station. Dharini’s son has also requested the state government for compensation.

Tomato prices are skyrocketing in Karnataka too

Actually Dharini along with her family had grown tomatoes on two acres of land. Like the rest of the states, in Karnataka too, tomato prices have increased very sharply in the past. Tomato prices in Bangalore are in the range of Rs 101 to Rs 121 per kg.

The high prices have been attributed to sudden rise in temperature in March and April, which led to pest attack on tomato crops, leading to reduction in yield and higher market rates.

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