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'KBC 6' gets first crorepati in Kashmir's Manoj Raina

A crore of rupees was a distant dream for Manoj Kumar Raina, who was uprooted from the Kashmir Valley when militancy broke out in 1989. But the dream has turned into reality with his participation in game show 'Kaun Banega Crorepati 6' (KBC-6), and now the Indian Railways employee wants to rebuild his house in his scenic hometown of Chowgam

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'I feel I am in seventh heaven,' Raina gushed with excitement during a telephonic conversation with IANS.u00a0He has his reasons - he is the first contestant from Kashmir to be in the hot seat, he has won a Rs.1 crore, met his favourite actor, megastar Amitabh Bachchan, and is now capable of re-building his house in the Kashmir Valley, which he left over two decades back due to the turmoil there.

Manoj Kumar Raina and Amitabh Bachchan
Manoj Kumar Raina, the first crorepati of game show 'Kaun Banega Crorepati 6', with megastar Amitabh Bachchan. Pic/IANS

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