evidence: With tomato prices reaching as high as Rs 160 per kg, a vegetable vendor in Uttar Pradesh’s Varanasi has hired bouncers to protect his stall and keep customers at bay. The Samajwadi Party worker, identified as Ajay Fauji, said that people are indulging in violence and even looting tomatoes while adding he does not want any arguments at his shop. "I have hired bouncers because the tomato price is too high. People are indulging and even looting tomatoes. Since we have tomatoes in the shop, we don’t want any arguments, so we have bouncers here," he said while speaking to the news agency PTI. He has also kept signboards at his stall which read: "Pehle paisa baad mein tamatar" (Payment first, tomatoes later) and "Kripya tamatar aur mirch ko nahi chhuye" (Please don’t touch tomatoes and green chillies).