Migrant worker wins £100,000 lottery in Kerala

KOZHIKODE (Kerala): A 22 year old migrant worker from Bengal who went to Kerala looking for employment saw his luck do a backflip after he won a government lottery for £100,000. Mofijul Rahana Sheikh from Lakshmipur, West Bengal, purchased the 'Karunya' lottery ticket on March 4, the day he arrived in Kozhikode, for Rs 50. He won the prize in the draw the next day, and went straight to a police station seeking protection. Fearing other migrant workers in his group might attack him, he was taken to a bank where he opened an account and submitted the ticket.