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Making the most of the lockdown, a few miscreants managed to pry open anandworth Rs 4.18 lakh on the Bengaluru-Doddaballapura Road. The culprits also took with them the two CCTV cameras and the footage receiver.The theft happened between Thursday night and 4 am on Friday, when the security guard had gone to his hometown. The liquor shop is owned by KG Vijay Kumar, 54, a resident of Vyalikaval and it is situated in a commercial complex owned by Ashwath Narayan Kumar. The store has been shut from March 23 and the owner had hired a guard, Gangaraju, to keep an eye on the store.On Friday, the building owner Kumar telephoned the liquor store owner and told him about the theft at his store. The accused had managed to lift the shutters and escape with more than 300 liquor bottles.“They also took some cash from the cash box. The cashier was summoned to value the stolen stock. Twenty-five cases of beer and other liquor bottles were stolen,” said a police officer.Some people were seen in the vicinity distributing food and water to the needy. The police suspect that somebody from that group could have hatched the theft plot. They suspect, the culprits live nearby as it would be difficult to carry so many bottles around when there is so much checking going on. They are using their informants to see if anybody is trying to sell the liquor bottles.The jurisdictional excise inspector was summoned as the officer has to submit a report to the Excise Department.