An Indian chef based in Abu Dhabi has pledged to donate a portion of his winnings from his recently won cash prize of more than 4 lakhs in a lottery to the victims of the Odisha train accident that claimed 288 lives.

Sahajan Mohammad, who hails from Jaspur town of Odisha won Dh20,000 (Rs 4,48,885) cash prize in Dream Island's scratch card game last week, the Khaleej Times newspaper reported.