Hike in Onion Price? Thieves in West Bengal steal onions instead of Cash

Kolkata: With the hike in prices of Onion up to Rs 100 per kilo in West Bengal, onions have seemingly become more alluring for thieves than cash, in a shocking incident; a vegetable seller’s shop was burgled in the state’s East Midnapore district recently.

Akshay Das, who has a shop in Sutahata, found things scattered all around when he opened his outlet on Tuesday morning.

Realizing that thieves could have sneaked into the shop on Monday night, Das was in for a shock when he counted his losses.

While the money kept in the cash box was intact, several sacks containing onions were missing from the shop.

According to Das, the thieves had escaped with onions worth Rs 50,000, besides some garlic and ginger.

“They didn’t take a single paisa from the cash box,” he said.

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