Telangana farmer borrows Rs 20k from wife to buy Dubai raffle, wins $4 million© news18.com

Telangana farmer borrows Rs 20k from wife to buy Dubai raffle, wins $4 million

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A Telangana farmer has won over $4 million in a Dubai raffle, the tickets of which he had bought after borrowing money from his wife.

Vilas Rikkala, who is presently in Hyderabad, had returned home 45 days ago after failing to find a job in Dubai. On Saturday, he came to know that he had won the Dh 15 million (USD 4.08 million) Big Ticket raffle, the Gulf News reported.

According to the report, Rikkala and his wife together have an annual income of about Rs 3,00,000, which they earn from tilling rice fields.