A businessman from Khammam who recently purchased the prized Ganesh laddu at an auction for Rs 29 lakh has now won four liquor shop licenses in a government lottery held in Andhra Pradesh.
The lottery draw, conducted on Monday, allotted Ganesh one liquor shop in Puttaparthi and three in Nandyal.
This opportunity comes as part of the new excise policy in the state, which received nearly 90,000 applications for 3,396 liquor shops. Each applicant was required to pay a non-refundable fee of Rs 2 lakh to qualify for the draw.