Abu Dhabi: Thrikkarippur native woman has won first prize of 15 million Dirhams (Rs 30 crores) in Abu Dhabi Duty Free Big Ticket raffle. Thrikkarippur native Thaslina Puthiyapurayil, who is settled in Qatar along with her family, won the lucky draw. She bought the Duty Free Big Ticket via online on January 26. Thaslina responded that this was unbelievable when the Duty Free Big Ticket authorities contacted her to convey the news.
Thaslina is married to Abdul Qaddaf, who is one of the owners of MRA hotel chains. She is the sister of Tamil actor Arya (Jamshi). It was Indians who won all the draws in Abu Dhabi Big Ticket Draw this time.
Prem Mohan, who works in Dubai, won the second prize (Rs 69.5 lakhs) in the raffle. Meanwhile, Ali Askar and Nidhin Prakash won the 3rd and 4th prizes respectively.
