Auto rickshaw driver from Kerala wins Rs 25 crore lottery
India Today
An auto rickshaw driver from Kerala, Anoop, won Rs 25 crore lottery. He won the massive amount just one day after his application for a loan of Rs 3 lakh was approved.
Fortune has smiled upon 30-year-old Kerala auto rickshaw driver Anoop. He won a Rs 25 crore Onam bumper lottery on September 18. He won the massive amount just one day after his application for a loan of Rs 3 lakh was approved. Anoop was planning to travel to Malaysia to work there as a chef.
Annop, hailing from Sreevaraham, bought the ticket just one day before the announcement, PTI reported. He was fortunate enough to have bought the winning ticket - TJ 750605.
Now that he has won a massive amount, Anoop said he is not going Malaysia nor does he need the loan. “The bank called today regarding the loan and I said I don't need it anymore. I will not be going to Malaysia either," he said.
Anoop has been buying lottery tickets for the last 22 years and has won amounts ranging from a few hundreds to a maximum of Rs 5,000 in the past.
"I was not expecting to win and therefore, I was not watching the lottery results on TV. However, when I checked my phone, I saw that I had won. I could not believe it and showed it to my wife. She confirmed that it was the winning number," he told PTI.
"But I was still tensed, so I called a lady I know who sells lottery tickets and sent her a picture of my ticket. She confirmed that it was the winning number," he added.
Anoop will purportedly take home around Rs 15 crore after tax is deducted.
