Kerala man wins 12 million dirham in raffle contest

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An Indian man in the UAE has hit a jackpot by winning a whopping dirham 12 million ($3.2 million) in the biggest-ever raffle prize money in Abu Dhabi. Harikrishnan V Nair, 42, who works as a business development manager for a firm in Dubai and has been living in the UAE with his family since 2002, won the huge amount on Sunday in 'Big Ticket' raffle draw. "I still cannot believe it.

Is it me? Is it really me?" an excited Nair, who is from Kerala, told Khaleej Times. He said he had bought the tickets twice before but hadn't won. Nair said, "I would like to plan for my son's education and buy another house in India. I want to take good care of my mother and my wife's mother too, who are in India."

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