School drop out hits jackpot

NEW DELHI: Azad Singh, a 24 year old confectioner at Dayyar village, Fatehabad district, won a cash prize of £150,000 after he bought a lottery ticket for the first time. A school drop out who lives in a mud house and runs the small shop, Singh's journey to being a crorepati seems to be his destiny. "I had purchased the ticket expecting to win an assured prize of Rs 400, but I never knew it would make me a crorepati and popular in my village," he said. He added that his friends and relatives began celebrating once they got to know about his win. "When I checked the status of lottery result, my ticket number matched with the top prize. I could not believe my eyes and checked it 10 times to confirm," he said. Singh wants to donate a small amount in the name of God, and spend the rest to build a house of his own.