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A total of 26 kg of tomatoes, 25 kg of chillies, and 8 kg of ginger were stolen from two shops in a market area in Uttar Pradeshs Fatehpur district, the police said on Thursday..
When they opened their shops the next morning, they discovered that large amounts of tomatoes, ginger, and chillies were missing...
The duo filed a complaint with the police on Thursday, following which a case was registered against two people, identified as Kamta Prasad and Mohammad Islam under section 379 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC)...
In a Twitter post, Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav took a jibe at the state police and suggested changing the name of the Special Task Force (STF) to "Special Tomato Force."..
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