We don\'t want money: Thieves steal onions, garlic, ginger from Bengal vendor
29 Nov 2019 8:00 PM IST
The price of onions has breached the Rs 100 per kilo mark in the markets of West Bengal.
During the lockdown, prices of onions had reached the stratosphere, enticing farmers to sow the crop this year too. DC file photo
Kolkata: Soaring prices of the onions have changed the preference of thieves in West Bengal.
In an unusual case of robbery in Midnapore district, thieves burgled a vegetable seller for onions. The thieves, however, ''didn’t took a single paisa from the cash box'' but lifted several sacks of onions, said the vegetable vendor Akshay Das.
Das told the Hindustan Times the thieves had escaped with onions worth Rs 50,000, besides some garlic and ginger.
The price of onions has breached the Rs 100 per kilo mark in the markets of West Bengal.
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