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Since the price of tomatoes shot up in recent weeks, multiple incidents have been reported where produce worth lakhs of rupees was stolen.
According to the Department of Consumer Affairs, the daily average retail price of tomatoes went from Rs 56.95 per kg on June 30 to Rs 126.18 per kg on July 31, this year.
In her complaint, a tomato cultivator Dharani said that someone illegally entered her farm and stole tomatoes worth Rs 2.7 lakh.
Tomatoes worth Rs 3 lakh were stolen from a farm overnight in Karnataka's Hassan district on Tuesday night. According to the police, 90 boxes of tomatoes were stolen from the farm, worth Rs 3 lakh. Skyrocketing tomato prices have created a law and order issue in the state of Karnataka, after bugging the Indian household., India News, Times Now