21 July,2017 02:39 PM IST | Mumbai | Samiullah Khan
A tomato thief has stolen 30 crates containing 900 kg of tomatoes belonging to a vegetable vendor in Dahisar East
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A tomato thief has stolen 30 crates containing 900 kg of tomatoes belonging to a vegetable vendor in Dahisar East. Shaymlal Shrivastav, the vendor, has registered an FIR at the local police station. Cops are now hunting for the accused, who escaped with the consignment worth Rs 60,000.
According to police sources, Shrivastav had unloaded the crates outside a godown and went home. Shrivastav said, "Around 5 am [on Monday], I sent one of my employees to the godown and he called to inform me that there wasn't a single crate outside. I rushed to the spot and found that there wasn't a single crate outside." "Cops tried to the trace the incident through CCTV, but rain and at one place, a plastic tarpaulin got in front of the camera, because of which they could no see how the theft occurred," Shrivastav added.
"A case has been registered and we are investigating it," said senior inspector Avinash Sawant from Dahisar police station, adding, "We are taking help of CCTVs."
