MALAPPURAM:
The winner of first prize of the Kerala Onam bumper lottery was identified after a day of declaring the results by the State Government. The prize is a whopping Rs 10 crore.
Musthafa Moottatharammal, 48, native of Chuzhali at Moonniyur near Parappanangadi, who is driver by profession, is the luckiest person. Musthafa handed over the prize winning ticket to the Federal bank branch at Parappanangadi.
The draw of lots was held on Friday and the authorities had announced that the ticket bearing the number AJ2876 won the first prize, which is Rs 10 crore, the higher ever prize money of the state run lottery. The ticket was sold by Aiswarya lottery agency in Parappananagdi. Musthafa arrived at the Federal bank branch at Parappanangadi around 2pm on Saturday and handed over the prize winning ticket to the bank manager.
Musthafa, who belongs to a middle class family with five members, was working as pick-up van driver and is currently engaged in coconut trade after death of his father who was a renowned coconut trader in the area
Musthafa is planning to expand his coconut business by investing more money. He is also planning to construct a new house. Musthafa came to know that his ticket won the first prize immediately after the announcement of results on Friday.
Musthafa purchased the prize winning ticket from Poochengal Kunnath Khalid, a lottery agent selling ticket at Parappanagdi bus stand. The agency commission of the prize winning lottery is Rs 1 crore.
