Punjab Government’s New Year Lohri Bumper-2019 brought cheers for the cop Ashok Kumar who managed to built his house and repay his loans after recovering the ticket he had almost lost.
Punjab Police constable Ashok Kumar, a resident of Motian village in Hoshiarpur, had never even thought in his wildest dreams that he would become a crorepati overnight. But, the state government’s lottery draw proved a magic wand for 30-year-old cop as he won the first prize of Rs two crore.
But the lucky winner then started looking for the prize money ticket which he had misplaced. After initial failures, Ashok finally traced the ticket to his desk drawer in the Hoshiarpur police station.
Ashok, who had been living a routine constable life, could not have asked for more. The lottery bumper prize money changed his life as he has built a house and repaid his personal loans, and also got his two younger brothers settled in life.
After winning the lucky draw, Ashok felt that he would have to go through a lot of hassles in getting the prize money, but the Punjab Lotteries Department took over all the botheration to get him the prize money at the earliest.
Ashok said that the lottery bumper prize changed his life.