How a few Arunachal men turned millionaires overnight
Prem Dorjee Khrimey became a multimillionaire on Thursday, landing a windfall of ₹6.31 crore.
No, he didn’t take part in Kaun Banega Crorepati—the popular TV game show. Instead, it was compensation for land acquired from his family by the Indian Army around five decades ago.
The resident of Tukpen village in West Kameng district isn’t alone. Phuntso Khawa and Khandu Glow — from Singchung in the same district have also turned millionaires overnight. While Phuntso got ₹6.21 cr, Khandu became richer by₹ 5.98 cr.
“The compensation has been possible because of love of Prime Minister Narendra Modiji for Arunachal,” chief minister Pema Khandu, tweeted.
Several other residents in both areas also bagged hefty sums, which were handed over by Arunachal Pradesh chief minister at two separate functions on Thursday. Union minister of state for home Kiren Rijiju was also present at both the functions.
“A total of ₹24.56 cr was handed out to five villagers at the event in Singchung while Rs 13.17 cr was given to seven residents of Tukpen,” Sonal Swaroop, deputy commissioner of West Kameng, informed.
This isn’t the first instance of villagers in Arunachal Pradesh becoming millionaires — thanks to land acquisition by the Army since the early 1960s.
Following the Sino-Indo war of 1962, the Indian Army had
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