MUMBAI: Onions weighing 700 kg were robbed from a roadside vendor cart situated at Pratiksha Nagar in Sion early on Saturday. The theft was observed at 9am when the vendor Anand Naik (55) came to start his business when he found 14 gunny bags of onions worth Rs24,000 missing, said the Wadala Truck Terminal (TT) police.

Based on the information the police have registered a case under the Indian Penal Code (IPC) section for theft against the unidentified persons. Investigators said the theft occurred due to the rising onion price. “The gunny bags containing onion bags was stolen from the cart on which Naik has tied it before leaving. Probe is on to track down the accused,” said Wadala TT police senior inspector Suhas Garud.

Expecting the onion price to rise, Naik has purchased around 20 bags over 1000 kg of onions. On Friday at around 9pm he packed the onions after winding up the day’s business at the vegetable market in Pratiksha. In the complaint, Naik said, “The theft was learnt in the morning when I saw the tied 14 onion bags missing from he cart.”