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Fight over onions shuts APMC

After a fight between workers and a trader got out of hand, traders at APMC decided to shut shop on Saturday morning for four hours as a mark of protest

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As if there was any less drama at the Agricultural Produce Market Committee (APMC) onion potato market at Vashi, thanks to the prices of onions fluctuating every day, things took an ugly turn on Friday after a fight between the workers (known as mathadi kamgars) and a trader got out of hand. As a mark of protest, traders decided to shut their shops on Saturday.


A fight between a tempo driver and workers at the APMC market led to physical assault on Ayodhya Prasad (above) by the workers, as his brother owned the tempo. Pic/ Richa Pinto

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