Lemons had been hitting the headlines just lately for his or her hovering costs, which peaked as much as Rs 300-400/kg throughout India. Now they’re within the information once more! This time twelves sacks of lemon, value Rs 60,000-70,000 had been stolen from a market at Modinagar in Uttar Pradesh’s Ghaziabad district, reported The Indian Express.
According to the police, the incident occurred on Wednesday night time. The thieves arrived on a motorbike and a mini-truck, loaded the sacks onto the mini-truck and escaped inside a couple of minutes. The incident was captured on CCTV cameras.
Circle officer Akash Patel mentioned the vegetable vendor, Rashid, had closed his store at 12.30 am. “When he returned at 4am, he found that some sacks of lemon, weighing over 70 kg, had been missing. The accused arrived in a mini-truck and escaped within a few minutes. The accused are yet to be arrested,” Patel was quoted by The Indian Express as saying.
In the CCTV footage of the incident, a motorcycle-borne man may very well be seen doing a recce of the world, earlier than a mini-truck arrived.
Rashid mentioned the greens, which he had delivered from Azadpur Mandi, had been delivered on the store within the presence of the grain porter. At round 4 am, he discovered that the sacks of lemon had been stolen. “I checked with the porter and the dealer and they informed me that the entire consignment had been delivered.”
He mentioned the safety guard of the market was patrolling on the opposite facet when the theft occurred.
The police mentioned they registered a case in opposition to unidentified individuals below Section 380 (theft in dwelling, home and so forth) of the Indian Penal Code on the Modinagar station.
Source: www.financialexpress.com”