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Indian hits jackpot

Dubai: An Indian, who bought a lottery ticket here to help an ailing fellow compatriot, has won a whopping Rs.1 crore.

Mustafa Beeroli (53), resident of Kerala, wanted to help ailing Naushad, 35, whom he came to know through one of his colleagues Nissar. He then met Naushad and found that there was swelling in his left thigh. Beeroli decided to help him and bought a lottery ticket as this was the fastest manner to help Naushad.

“During the course of our conversation, I learnt that Naushad is from my hometown Kunjipalli in the south Indian State of Kerala and he penned religious songs. I learnt that his father, who was a fisherman, had died of cancer without getting treatment as they were unable to afford it,” Beeroli was quoted as saying by Gulf News.

“Naushad came to the UAE with the help of his brother and worked in a hotel as a waiter but after a few months he developed a vein problem in his thigh. The treatment here turned out to be costly and so his elder brother decided to send him back to Kerala,” he said.

Naushad went back to Kerala for treatment but had to take a bank loan to pay his hospital bills. To repay the loan, he decided to come back and resumed his job at the hotel. — PTI

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