A ₹12-crore question gets a clear answer, finally
The Hindu
An auto driver from Kochi submits at a bank the winning the Kerala Thiruvonam Bumper Lottery, after an expatriate staked claim to the prize
The confusion over the winner of the first prize of the Kerala Thiruvonam Bumper Lottery, worth ₹12 crore, has come to an end with Jayapalan T.R. from Maradu, Kochi, submitting the winning ticket at the Maradu branch of a nationalised bank on Monday.
The development brought the curtains down on day-long speculations about the real winner of the lottery after Saithalavi, 45, an expatriate worker from Panamaram in Wayanad initially claimed to have won the lottery. He works as a help at a restaurant at Abu Hail in Dubai.
The draw was held around 3 p.m. in the State capital on Sunday and the winner of the first prize could not be identified immediately. It was reported that the first prize was won by a ticket bearing the number TE 645465 sold through a wholesale agency at Karunagappally in Kollam district.