The price of tomato in the market has reached above 568 Rs. The rising prices of tomatoes may have brought some relief to the farmers. But because of this tomato, many criminal incidents are also happening. Where tomatoes are being snatched from someone after beating them, at some places tomatoes worth lakhs were stolen from someone’s farm. Now a latest incident is coming from Andhra Pradesh. Where a tomato farmer living in Bodimalladine village of Madanapalle mandal was murdered by robbers. , A few days ago, he had earned lakhs by selling tomatoes

45 year old farmer has been identified as Narem Rajasekhara Reddy, who died in his village on Wednesday. was found dead on the outskirts of The police suspect that Rajasekhar was killed after an attempted robbery, when he had earned a substantial amount by selling tomatoes in the market. According to the police, when tomatoes were expensive, this farmer had sold a lot of tomatoes a few days ago and almost 568 had earned lakhs of rupees. Such apprehension is being expressed that the farmer lost his life in the affair of this money. , Police engaged in investigation

According to the police, the incident took place on Tuesday night when Bodimalladine Rajasekhar, who lives in an agricultural area far away, was going to the village to deliver milk. In the investigation, it was found that some unknown assailants stopped the farmer, tied his hands and feet with a rope and strangled him to death with a towel. The deceased is survived by his wife and two married daughters, who live in Bangalore. Police is currently investigating the matter.

Murder done for greed of money

The attackers are yet to be identified Have pie. Police sub-inspector R Gangadhar Rao visited the crime scene and spoke to the family members of the deceased. The wife of the deceased farmer told the police that some unknown people had come to their farm on Tuesday evening on the pretext of buying tomatoes. On being told that Rajasekhar had gone to the village to sell milk, they left. On the other hand, the local people say that Rajasekhar has recently sold tomatoes in the agricultural market of Madanapalle area for about . had earned lakhs. The police suspect that he might have been murdered because of greed for money. DSP K Kesappa said that four teams have been formed to solve the case. The police deployed a sniffer dog, which went from the crime scene to the victim’s house, he said.

For the first time there was such a jump in the prices of tomatoes

Kilo tomato is now being sold above 568 more than Rs. Tomato farmers, who used to get hardly 2 per kg in the market in normal days, now 80 to 568 Rs. per kg is available. Price fluctuations are common, but this is the first time that tomato prices in the retail market have increased have been exceeded. A few years back, it had reached 80 per kilogram. The Madanapalle area is known for its tomato crop and on many occasions farmers have been seen throwing the produce on the side of the road as they could not even afford the transport charges to take the produce to the market.

Andhra Pradeshcrime newsPublished Date

Fri, Jul 14, 2023, 2: 13 PM IST