When a reader of The Hindu came to the rescue of a destitute man, who lost his savings to demonetisation

An elderly destitute man, who had come knocking at the doors of the Collectorate with wads of demonetized notes worth ₹65,000, a fortnight ago, found help from a reader of The Hindu. The reader from C

An elderly destitute man, who had come knocking at the doors of the Collectorate with wads of demonetized notes worth ₹65,000, a fortnight ago, found help from a reader of The Hindu. The reader from Chennai, who insisted on remaining anonymous, offered to compensate the elderly man for his loss and transferred the same to the district Collector’s bank account.

On October 18, A. Chinnakannu in his seventies, arrived at the Collectorate he had saved up over the years by begging on the streets. Blind and destitute, Chinnakannu claimed that he had forgotten about the money or never could trace the money he had tucked away for safekeeping until now. Only that he was told that the money had no value because they were demonetised. Oblivious of demonetisation, and desperate for help, Chinnakannu was led into the Collectorate by a cobbler in his locality, with the hope of compensation.

While the administration forwarded the petition to the RBI, a Chennai reader of The Hindu, upon reading the story of Chinnakannu came to his Chinnakannu, offering to compensate him for the loss.