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Maha: Onions worth Rs 1 lakh stolen from farmer's storehouse

A farmer in Maharashtra's Nashik district found the entire onion stock worth nearly Rs 1 lakh missing from his stock on Sunday evening. Based on his complaint, a case of theft has been registered and search is on for his stock.

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Published : Sep 24, 2019, 5:46 PM IST

Updated : Sep 24, 2019, 7:33 PM IST

Nashik: Amid the spiralling onion prices, a farmer in Maharashtra's Nashik district has complained that his stock of the key kitchen staple worth around Rs 1 lakh has been stolen by unidentified persons, police said on Tuesday.

Onion grower Rahul Bajirao Pagar approached the police on Monday, saying he had kept a 'summer stock' of 25-tonne onions in 117 plastic crates at his storehouse in Kalwan taluka, police inspector Pramod Wagh said.

However, on Sunday evening, he found the entire stock worth nearly Rs 1 lakh missing, Pagar said in the complaint.

Based on his complaint, a case of theft has been registered and search is on for his stock in local markets as well as in neighbouring Gujarat, Wagh said.

The summer onion stocks are being auctioned at the Agriculture Produce Market Committee (APMC) here for around Rs 3,500 to Rs 5,000 per quintal (per 100 kg), a source said.

Meanwhile, in another incident, some unidentified persons allegedly mixed urea (fertiliser) in the onion stock of farmer Vishnu Aher in Bhaur village, an official at Devla police station said.

The farmer in his complaint alleged that the mischief resulted in rotting of about 120 tonnes of his onions worth Rs 5 lakh, he said.

Retail prices of onion have shot up to Rs 70 to Rs 80 per kg in New Delhi and other parts of the country owing to supply disruption in the wake of excess monsoon rains in major growing states, according to sources.

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Nashik: Amid the spiralling onion prices, a farmer in Maharashtra's Nashik district has complained that his stock of the key kitchen staple worth around Rs 1 lakh has been stolen by unidentified persons, police said on Tuesday.

Onion grower Rahul Bajirao Pagar approached the police on Monday, saying he had kept a 'summer stock' of 25-tonne onions in 117 plastic crates at his storehouse in Kalwan taluka, police inspector Pramod Wagh said.

However, on Sunday evening, he found the entire stock worth nearly Rs 1 lakh missing, Pagar said in the complaint.

Based on his complaint, a case of theft has been registered and search is on for his stock in local markets as well as in neighbouring Gujarat, Wagh said.

The summer onion stocks are being auctioned at the Agriculture Produce Market Committee (APMC) here for around Rs 3,500 to Rs 5,000 per quintal (per 100 kg), a source said.

Meanwhile, in another incident, some unidentified persons allegedly mixed urea (fertiliser) in the onion stock of farmer Vishnu Aher in Bhaur village, an official at Devla police station said.

The farmer in his complaint alleged that the mischief resulted in rotting of about 120 tonnes of his onions worth Rs 5 lakh, he said.

Retail prices of onion have shot up to Rs 70 to Rs 80 per kg in New Delhi and other parts of the country owing to supply disruption in the wake of excess monsoon rains in major growing states, according to sources.

Also read: Maha polls: Admn to provide duplicate voter IDs for 5.5 lakh flood-hit people

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Maha: Onions worth Rs 1 lakh stolen from farmer's store house
Nashik, Sep 24 (PTI) Amid the spiralling onion prices, a
farmer in Maharashtra's Nashik district has complained that
his stock of the key kitchen staple worth around Rs 1 lakh has
been stolen by unidentified persons, police said on Tuesday.
         Onion grower Rahul Bajirao Pagar approached the police
on Monday, saying he had kept a 'summer stock' of 25 tonne
onions in 117 plastic crates at his store house in Kalwan
taluka, police inspector Pramod Wagh said.
         However, on Sunday evening, he found the entire stock
worth nearly Rs 1 lakh missing, Pagar said in the complaint.
         Based on his complaint, a case of theft has been
registered and search is on for his stock in local markets as
well as in neighbouring Gujarat, Wagh said.
         The summer onion stocks are being auctioned at the
Agriculture Produce MarketCommittee (APMC) here for around Rs
3,500 to Rs 5,000 per quintal (per 100 kg), a source said.
         Meanwhile in another incident, some unidentified
persons allegedly mixed urea (fertiliser) in the onion stock
of farmer Vishnu Aher in Bhaur village, an official at Devla
police station said.
         The farmer in his complaint alleged that the mischief
resulted in rotting of about 120 tonnes of his onions worth Rs
5 lakh, he said.
         Retail prices of onion have shot up to Rs 70 to Rs 80
per kg in New Delhi and other parts of the country owing to
supply disruption in the wake of excess monsoon rains in major
growing states, according to sources. PTI COR
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