Mumbai, Oct. 26 -- The Mumbai Crime Branch has arrested a 23-year-old man for allegedly stealing a tempo carrying 2.66 tonnes of tomatoes and selling the produce to local vendors at prices much lower than the prevailing market rates, police said.
The accused, identified as Ranjen Ramachandra Jaiswal, a resident of Sion Koliwada, was arrested from Antop Hill. Police said he had previously been arrested in a banana theft case.
According to Crime Branch Unit-IV, the tempo belonged to Nasim Dilaver Qureshi, 32, a vegetable wholesaler from Dharavi. The vehicle was allegedly stolen from a vegetable market in Santacruz in the early hours of the day.
The tempo was carrying 95 crates of tomatoes weighing around 2,660 kg. The consignment had been ...