‘I put everything into this’: Anchorage business owner picks up the pieces after costly robberyANCHORAGE, Alaska - Basanti Dogra had exciting plans by starting the new year off on a positive note by moving her new business, Basanti Beauty Lab, into a brand new location in Anchorage’s Spenard neighborhood.During the early hours of Sunday, Dec. 29, a man can be seen breaking into Dogra’s business on Northern Lights Boulevard only two weeks after she moved in.
Due to the placement of the business center’s security camera, the actual act was not caught on camera, but the aftermath was evident, leaving Dogra to pay roughly $1,200 in repairs, not to mention the value of the items stolen. She said the thief even stole her six-year-old son’s candy, as well as crewneck shirts with her stepfather’s eagle wolf design, an Indigenous art piece she intended to use for her company’s logo. She estimates the prints likely had little monetary value, but plenty of sentimental value.