A vegetable vendor buys a two-wheeler with his life savings of a sack full of coins

Barpeta: A vegetable vendor from Assam’s Barpetta bought a two-wheeler from his savings on Friday, amassed as a sack full of coins worth Rs 22,000.

Hafizur Akhand, a vegetable vendor in Barpeta, said, ‘I wanted to buy a two-wheeler, but the cost was too big, and it required me to save over a long period of time’. ‘I started saving coins for almost a year and approached a two-wheeler company promotion event and told them about my savings in coins. They then took the coins to their showroom to count and the amount turned out to be Rs 22,000’, the vegetable vendor added.

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‘It took us two to three hours to count the sack full of coins. We accepted the payment for the two-wheeler in coins and the rest of the amount was paid through financing’, a senior staff at the showroom added.