Robbers make away with an enormous amount of lemons in UP districts

Express News Service

LUCKNOW: With the costs trying north persistently, the vegetable thieves are on the prowl. After Shahjahanpur ‘heist’, an identical incident has been reported in Kanpur now.

The thieves have made away with round 15,000 lemons weighing 7.5 quintals from orchards in Kanpur over the last 4 days.

Meanwhile, on Monday, thieves had allegedly fled with 60 kg lemons, 40 kg onions and 38kg garlic from a warehouse beneath Tilhar police station limits in Shajahanpur.

Local folks say that rattled by the lemon theft, the growers have employed lathi-wielding guards to guard the crop. Kanpur, Chaubeypur, Bithoor, Pariyar, Katri and Mandhana areas are acknowledged as lemon belt the place lemons are grown in about 2000 bigha of land.

According to Ramesh Pal, one of many lemon growers, in Bithoor Katri, the farmers are hiring folks to guard the crop around the clock for the primary time. “We are keeping the guards at Rs 500 -800 per guard a day,” he mentioned.

Amarnath Vishwakarma, Bithoor police station home officer, mentioned that lemon growers are approaching the police with the criticism of lemon theft. “They are submitting complaints against unidentified persons and are getting the FIR lodged. Recently, two lemon growers approached us to file a case of lemon theft from their orchards in a span of three days,” mentioned the police personnel.

According to Pankaj Nishad, who has 4 bighas of land on which lemon is grown, after dropping 2000 lemons on day by day foundation, your complete household is staying within the orchard to protect lemons.

In the retail market, lemons are promoting at a price of Rs 250-300 per kg in Kanpur and different districts together with the state capital Lucknow.

Earlier, in Shajahanpur, thieves decamped with 60kg lemons, 40kg onions, and 38kg garlic from a warehouse beneath the Tilhar police station limits.

According to the police sources, the incident in Tilhar was reported by greengrocer Manoj Kashyap on Monday. The alleged theft occurred after he saved the greens in a warehouse on Sunday night time.