A Crorepati Beggar Gives Loans Worth Lakhs To Traders - And Still Begs
This is probably the most bizarre 'Only In India' sentence you've ever read - A handicapped beggar has 4 bank accounts and property worth Rs 1.25 crore. The man is Pappu Kumar, and he begs in Patna everyday. Once an aspiring engineer, an accident crippled him permanently. But he inherited family property, which he sold to buy new property. Then, years ago, he realized that his fractured left hand and leg could be pity material for begging.
Which is why he's found everyday on the Patna railway station platform, being regularly shooed away by the Railway Protection Force (RPF) personnel. In fact, his crorepati status was revealed when the RPF took him into custody in a beggar removal drive, and found his 4 ATM cards, with a 5 lakh cash balance.
On more investigation, he revealed that he'd loaned Rs. 10 lakh to small local traders at high interest rates. But couldn't he afford getting treated? “If I am cured, how will I continue begging?” is how he justified it.
This is what he owns today:
2000 square feet of land worth Rs 1.25 crore
5 lakh rupees cash
Ongoing interest earning from loans to businessmen + principal amount loaned
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