Punjab resident, working as driver in Kuwait, wins Rs 10 crore lottery

“I utilized to bargain lottery tickets regularly. This time, I bought the Lohri Bumper tickets, and later, I received a telephone from Ashoka Lottery informing maine that I had won,” Harpinder said.

The Lohri Makar Sankranti Bumper carried the highest ever prize of Rs 10 crore successful the state.

Hemant Kakkar, the proprietor of Ashoka Lottery, expressed his happiness, saying helium was gladsome 1 of his buyers won the prize.

Harpinder shared that helium has faced galore hardships successful beingness and has been driving trucks for a agelong time. After his win, helium plans to assistance the needy and enactment his family.

“I besides person galore debts to clear,” said Harpinder who seemed to find it hard to judge his bully fortune.

Harpinder says helium spent rather a luck to question to Kuwait. His lad Devinder Singh mislaid hairsbreadth near limb successful an mishap a fewer years ago. “It was a large daze for each of us. I anticipation present I volition beryllium capable to get him bully attraction and guarantee that helium has a dependable root of income .”

Punjab State Lotteries Department officials person confirmed that 30 per cent of the prize wealth volition beryllium deducted arsenic taxation astatine source, on with further income taxation liabilities.

The triumph has brought important gains for vendor Hemant Kakkar arsenic well, who is acceptable to person astir Rs 25 lakh, portion the sub-stockist volition gain Rs 5 lakh. Additionally, Kakkar’s credibility arsenic a “reliable” summons seller has been bolstered, according to officials.

Kakkar said the mega prize wealth was attracting much and much radical to bargain tickets from him. “But determination is simply a barroom to entry, a summons costs a princely Rs 500, not everyone has the guts to walk this sum.“