evidence: Meanwhile, anecdotes related to tomato prices are being posted on social media after its price spiralled. Interestingly, a video of a vegetable vendor hiring bouncers in Varanasi of Uttar Pradesh went viral. He reportedly said that he hired them to protect tomatoes from being stolen. While another vendor installed a CCTV camera to protect the tomatoes. The price of tomatoes per kg is being sold for Rs 160 in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana while in the rest of the country, too, it has become dearer.