Five armed robbers fled with thousands of bottles of Indian Made Foreign Liquor (IMFL) from a Tasmac outlet in Tamil Nadu's Sivaganga early on Monday after overpowering the watchman and tying him to a pole, police said. A case of dacoity has been filed against the five-member gang at the Kalayarkoil police station.

"The TASMAC (Tamil Nadu State Marketing Corporation Ltd) outlets were shut in the district as in other parts of the state following the lockdown. The supervisor at this TASMAC outlet at the Kollangudi Muthur salai had further secured the outlet by sealing the shutter using a welding machine. The department had also posted a watchman as there was a huge stock of liquor," a local police officer told IANS.