Kerala: Luck kissed the feet of a physically challenged beggar who had come to Kerala seeking better place form Andhra Pradesh with the man winning a prize money of Rs 65 lakh of a state-run lottery.
The 35-year-old, Ponnaiya a migrant alm-seeker who was living in suburb Vellarada, won the jackpot of Rs 65 lakh in Akshaya lottery.
A regular punter of lotteries, he also won a series of consolation prizes to the tune of Rs 90,000 in the lots, drawn on Wednesday. After being informed by police, his father and brother came here yesterday to take him home after completing the procedures of the transaction of the prize money.