Punjab farm labourer wins Rs 1.5 crore lottery, family flees home fearing threats The family left immediately after officials at the Chandigarh lottery office warned them that previous winners, including a Jaipur vegetable seller who won Rs 11 crore, had received threat calls from gangsters. Their phones remain switched off and house locked. AdvertisementImage used for representational purpose onlyAman Kumar BhardwajUPDATED: Dec 10, 2025 08:09 ISTEdited By: Priyanka KumariA farm labourer’s family in Punjab’s Faridkot district has gone into hiding after winning a Rs 1.5 crore lottery, fearing extortion threats from criminal groups. The case comes weeks after a Jaipur vegetable seller who won Rs 11 crore from the Punjab State Lottery reported receiving threat calls from gangsters, raising concerns that jackpot winners are becoming soft targets for extortion. advertisementIn Saideke village, labourers Naseeb Kaur and her husband Ram Singh won Rs 1.5 crore on a lottery ticket Singh had reluctantly purchased for Rs 200, a departure from the Rs 50 tickets he usually bought.
