Updated On: 15 October, 2022 09:52 AM IST | Kollam | Agencies
The fish seller from Kollam was struggling to repay a loan of Rs 9 lakh

A man buys lottery tickets from a roadside seller, in Kochi. File pic
Barely hours after he received an attachment notice from a bank in respect of his house for default on loan repayment, a fish seller from Kerala won the Rs 70 lakh Akshaya lottery of the state government. Pookunju, on October 12, began his day as usual and while on the way to collect the fish which he sells during the day, he bought a lottery ticket.
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